Legal Opinion
United States v. Pennue
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 5, 2014No. 13-2156PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
As long as human beings rather than computers preside over jury trials, slips of the tongue will occur. But not every such lapsus linguae requires setting aside a jury verdict. In this case, the trial judge’s slip of the tongue during jury instructions elicited no objection and, when considered in the context of the jury instructions as a whole, was highly unlikely to have muddled the jury’s understanding of the judge’s charge. Because we find neither reversible error in this respect nor a shortfall in the district court’s sentencing determinations, we reject the…
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