Legal Opinion
United States v. James W. Stone
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 1993No. 92-8959PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
A federal jury convicted appellant James Stone of violating 18 U.S.C. § 287 by filing a false claim for an income tax refund. On appeal Stone raises two issues that merit discussion. First, was it reversible error for the district court to charge the jury on “deliberate ignorance” in the absence of sufficient evidence to support such a theory? We conclude that any error in giving such a charge in the absence of sufficient evidence is harmless when the instruction itself requires, as a precondition to its application, proof beyond a reasonable doubt of…
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