United States v. Willard F. Moore

Appellant was convicted of both counts of an indictment charging false pretenses and grand larceny. On appeal he alleges plain error by the trial court (1) in failing in its instruction to the jury to define specific intent when both crimes of which appellant was convicted require such a finding; (2) in instructing the jury'that “it may be inferred that one intends the natural and probable consequences of his act, but you are not required to so infer”; and (3) in failing to instruct the jury that intoxication could negate the specific intent essential to a finding of guilt. 1 We affirm.

While…