Legal Opinion
The People of the Territory of Guam v. Thomas v. McGravey
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1994No. 92-10003PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Thomas MeGravey challenges his convictions for first and second degree criminal sexual assault on the ground that the jury instructions, taken as a whole, misled the jury by directing it to give undue weight to the testimony of the victim, who was a minor.
MeGravey identifies two instructions that were given and one proposed instruction that was rejected by the trial court as the basis for his appeal. Because we hold that the jury instructions, viewed in their entirety, did not lead the jury to place a disproportionate emphasis on the testimony of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Sanchez-LopezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Roy G. Powell Dixie Lee PowellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- People v. ThomasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- United States v. Horst Werner Joetzki, United States of America v. Lawrence Carl GisnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- State v. JamesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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3Cited by44 opinions
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