UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael MAIN, Defendant-Appellant

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• holding that the model instruction failed to adequately instruct on proximate cause
• explaining that though the federal manslaughter statute does not explicitly mention proximate cause, proximate cause is an element that is implicit in the common understanding of the crime
• causation is an issue of fact and its removal from the jury’s consideration is reversible error

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