Centro De Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. v. Compañia De Turismo De Puerto Rico

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that assault with intent to commit murder is a specific-intent crime
• explaining \assault with intent to commit murder\ under § 113(a) is a specific intent crime
• upholding conviction on a lesser offense raised sua sponte by district court on ground that “trial judge must give instructions to the jury as required by the evidence and the law where the parties so request or not, and to do so although objections are made”
• “a defendant is considered to be on notice to defend against such lesser offenses as may be included in the offense charged”
• trial court must instruct on lesser-included offense “as required by the evidence and the law where the parties so request or not, and to do so although objections are made”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).