Legal Opinion
United States v. DeStefano
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 12, 1995No. 95-1207PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A jury in the United States District Court for the District of Maine found appellant guilty, inter alia, of assisting an escape in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 752(a). 1 Appellant says that the district court shunned a jury instruction crucial to his defense. Discerning no error in the lower court’s eschewal of the requested instruction, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Following Philip DeStefano’s arrest and indictment on federal narcotics charges, the government housed him at a county jail. DeStefano contacted his younger brother, defendant-appellant Anthony S. DeStefano, and…
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