United States v. Ernest Gallishaw

How courts have described this case

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• cautioning against using forms that “emphasize[] various elements of what the Government is required to prove”
• verdict form summarizing each count of indictment and listing “essential” elements not grounds for reversal, but essential element designation not recommended
• one who rents a machine gun to another cannot be convicted of conspiring to rob a bank unless he knows the gun will be used for that purpose, rather than merely for some unlawful purpose
• distinguishing special findings form from checklist and summary of charges

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).