Legal Opinion
White v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 28, 1992No. 89-CF-629PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REHEARING EN BANC
Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and FERREN, TERRY, STEADMAN, SCHWELB, WAGNER and KING, Associate Judges. STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
A key part of any criminal jury trial is the trial court’s instruction to the jury setting forth the elements of the offense of which the defendant stands accused. Occasionally, as in the proceeding on appeal, the trial court will omit an essential element, and the omission is not called to the court’s attention by either party. 1 The issue now before us en banc is what consequence should ensue when the omission is first raised at the appellate…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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