Legal Opinion
United States v. Marcos Perez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 1996No. 95-3814PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendant was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and was sentenced to 51 months in prison. The judge refused to instruct the jury on the defenses of necessity and duress, and the defendant complains that this was error. A criminal defendant is entitled to an instruction on any defense for which there is some support in the evidence; but how much there must be is unclear. A number of our cases say that as long as there is any evidence to support the defense, even if the evidence is “weak” — even if it is “insufficient” — the…
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