Legal Opinion
United States v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 1, 2002No. 00-2403PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
David Smith appeals from the judgment following his conviction for willfully failing to pay child support in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 228 (1994 & Supp. IV 1998). He contends that the district court erred in defining willfulness in its jury instructions by omitting language Smith requested and by including language to which he now objects. We conclude that the jury instructions were adequate and we affirm the judgment.
Smith married Joyce Poirier in 1983. Their daughter Jade was born in 1985. When he married Poirier, Smith was attending Harvard Business…
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