Legal Opinion
United States v. Oliver F. Lemon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1987No. 86-3202PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Oliver F. Lemon (“Lemon”) appeals the district court’s failure to give a specific unanimity instruction and its failure to give several self-defense and defense of a third person instructions to the jury during his trial on charges of felon in possession of a firearm.
Because Lemon neither objected to the general unanimity instruction which was given nor requested a more specific unanimity instruction during trial, he must show that the district court’s failure to give a more specific unanimity instruction amounted to “plain error.” See United States v. Krasn,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. Alvin Frazin, United States of America v. Ronald Mark MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Hilda Escobar De BrightCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Reuben KrasnCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. James Earl Young, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Larry HarperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- United States v. Harold M. NewcombCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Anthony J. Paolello Anthony J. PaolelloCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- United States v. David SahakianCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gabriel SANCHEZ-LIMA, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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