DANIEL GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES

FISHER, Associate Judge:

Appellant Daniel Griffin challenges his convictions, arguing that the trial court committed reversible error by omitting part of the first paragraph of this jurisdiction’s standard jury instruction defining reasonable doubt. Finding no plain error, we affirm.

I. Background

Appellant was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of an unregistered firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition. On the afternoon before the jury was to be instructed, the court sent its proposed jury instructions to counsel by email. Later that evening, defense counsel…