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· 7/31/1972

Devlin v. Sosbe

Citations

  • 465 F.2d 169

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding the trial court’s use of the term “victim” in its instruction to the jury was prejudicial error
  • finding error when the issue of “whether sexual offenses occurred was a disputed fact for the jury to resolve”
  • “The issue -6- of whether sexual offenses occurred and whether E.C. and J.C. were ‘victims’ were issues of fact for the jury to decide.”

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Judges: Eschbach

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