· 10/26/2009
United States v. Rivera-Alonzo
Citations
- 584 F.3d 829
- 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 23469
- 2009 WL 3416215
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- holding failure to instruct upon a less-serious, lesser-included offense was not error where there was no dispute between that lesser offense and another instructed u pon lesser-included offense
- official victim enhancement warranted where “a 2 19-50246 defendant knows that the victim is a federal officer and then assaults the officer in an attempt to get away or evade capture”
- “In the context of a habeas corpus review of a state court conviction, we have stated 22 that there is no clearly established federal constitutional right to lesser included instructions in non-capital cases.”
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Judges: Noonan, Berzon, Smith
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