Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramirez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2008No. 07-10263PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The district court did not err when it declined to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, because the government sufficiently proved that the victims were “Indians” within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 1152. We further hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it declined to require that the jury return a special verdict form, because the district court: (1) sufficiently explained its decision not to require a special verdict; (2) instructed the jury that it must unanimously reject Miguel Angel Ramirez’s self-defense theory in order to find Ramirez…
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