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· 8/12/1985

United States v. John Sherwood

Citations

  • 770 F.2d 650
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 22303

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding no plain error when the district court declined to define “willfully” because the ordinary meaning of the term likely did not confuse the jury
  • “In view of the ordinary meaning the term ‘willfully’ has under section 3150 we do not think it likely that the failure to define the term confused the jury.”

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Judges: Wood, Posner, Weigel

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