United States v. William v. Toney

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• holding that the district court’s refusal to give the defendant’s requested self-defense instruction was not a miscarriage of justice because the defendant had waived the issue and the evidence did not support such an instruction
• noting that the defendant was entitled to receive a justification instruction where he allegedly wrestled a gun away from his girlfriend to prevent her suicide
• danger of admitting prior conviction for similar offense is that jury will regard prior conviction as evidence of willingness to commit crime charged
• “Causation is, of course, a required element of a § 1983 28 claim.”

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