United States v. Joseph Silvestri

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• holding that defense counsel’s state- ment that a district court’s jury instructions “covered the bases” triggered the invited-error rule
• concluding that the invited-error doctrine precludes a challenge on appeal by a defendant who accepted at trial the language of the jury instruction in question
• concluding that the defendant invited error when his counsel stated the jury instructions “covered the bases” and that further elaboration on the elements was unnecessary
• concluding that the defendant invited the claimed error in the jury instructions by expressly accepting them, and he thereby waived his right to challenge those instructions
• holding that, by expressly USCA11 Case: 19-13704 Date Filed: 09/13/2022 Page: 11 of 13 19-13704 Opinion of the Court 11 accepting jury instructions, a party invites any error therein
• explaining that when a party affirma- tively accepts a jury instruction, any resulting error is invited

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