State v. Geukgeuzian

DURRANT, Associate Chief Justice:

II1 Defendant Stephen Lamar Geukgeuzi-an was convicted of tampering with a witness. The court of appeals reversed his conviction, reasoning that the trial court’s failure to include a mens rea element in its jury instruction resulted in manifest injustice. We conclude that defendant invited the error when he proposed a jury instruction that purported to include all the essential elements of the offense but, like the trial court’s instruction he challenges on appeal, failed to include a mens rea element. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

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