UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darlene SPAN; Jerry Span, Defendants-Appellants

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• holding that counsel’s failure to raise an objection to jury instructions was ineffective assistance, even though district court’s instructions were not plainly erroneous
• defense counsel’s performance was deficient in failing to object to an erroneous instruction on an excessive force defense, even where counsel had three other valid defenses that were asserted at trial

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