East Texas Ranch, LP v. Arlis A. Jones

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the district court may \refuse to give a requested instructor that lacks sufficient foundation in the evidence\
• affirming a § 922(o) conviction where the defendant used conversion kits and instructional books and videotapes to manufacture fully automatic weapons out of semi- automatic weapons
• “It is true, as a general proposition, that self-defense . . . [is an] affirmative defense[] to both murder and voluntary manslaughter.”
• “[I]t is hot enough that an item of evidence viewed alone and un-weighed against all the evidence supports an inference that a defendant acted in self defense.”
• “The requirement that the evidence be sufficient to persuade a reasonable juror ... extends to all defenses for which the defendant bears the initial burden of production.”
• government need not charge in the indictment nor must the jury find as part of its verdict the particular type of firearm used or carried by the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).