Legal Opinion
United States v. Gore
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2010No. 08-4462PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
In defending charges that he forcibly assaulted a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Gilmer, in Glenville, West Virginia, and forcibly resisted and opposed correctional officers there, both in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111, Michael Gore requested that the district court instruct the jury on his affirmative defense of justification based on self-defense in the following form:
If the Correctional Officer uses more force than appears reasonably necessary, the person stopped may defend against the excessive force, using only the amount…
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