United States v. F. Whittemore

How courts have described this case

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• stating that failing to give a proffered instruction is error only when the defendant can show, among other things, “that the given instructions did not adequately encompass his theory”
• finding no reversible error in rejecting a defendant’s proposed instruction when the given instruction “adequately encompass[ed]” the defendant’s theory
• finding no reversible error in rejecting a defendant’s proposed instruction when the given instruction “adequately encompass[ed]” the defendant’s theory
• “We review evidentiary rulings for abuse of discretion and any underlying factual determinations for clear error.”
• “[P]ersonal knowledge includes opinions and inferences grounded in observations and experience.” (citation omitted)
• “Personal knowledge includes opinions 7 and inferences grounded in observations and experience.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).