United States v. Queen Nwoye

This case returns to us on a petition for writ of coram nobis, testing a criminal conviction previously affirmed by us on direct appeal in United States v. Nwoye, 663 F.3d 460 (D.C. Cir. 2011). In the original version, we considered an argument that the trial court had erred in refusing a defense request for an instruction on a duress defense. We affirmed the district court, holding that “a defendant is only entitled to an instruction on a theory of duress if there is ‘sufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could find’ for the defendant on that theory.” Id. at 462 (quoting United…