· 7/22/1944
Protests 58456-K of J. H. Spiegel, Inc.
Citations
- 13 Cust. Ct. 264
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- holding that a jury instruction incorrectly stated the law because it omitted elements of the charged crime and that the error was plain
- concluding that trial court’s instruction that omitted elements of the charged crime was plain error because it was an incorrect statement of the law
- concluding that trial court plainly erred in failing to merge guilty verdicts on first-degree rape and second-degree sexual abuse
- holding that a jury instruction incorrectly stated the law because it omitted elements of the charged crime and that the error was plain
- holding that a jury instruction incorrectly stated the law because it omitted elements of the charged crime and that the error was plain
- concluding that gravity of error compelled exercise of discretion to correct plain instructional error, because the trial court’s failure to instruct jury as to culpable mental state was not harmless, and the defendant’s challenged con- victions included “serious felonies” of first-degree rape
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Judges: Keefe
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