GROSS ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Hernan Francisco Perez-Tosta, 36 F.3d 1552 (11th Cir. 1994)
  …Instructions a. Standard of Review The district court has broad discretion in formulating a jury charge as long as the charge as a whole is a correct statement of the law. United States v. Bent, 707 F. 2d 1190, 1195 (11th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 960, 104 S.Ct. 2174, 80 L.Ed.2d 557 (1984). We will not reverse a conviction unless we find that issues of law were presented inaccurately or the charge improperly guided the jury in such a substantial way as to violate due process. United States v. T…
• United States v. Turner, 871 F.2d 1574 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …convicted of a crime not charged in the indictment. The jury charge and the court’s response as a whole accurately reflected the facts and the applicable law. See generally United States v. Bent, 707 F. 2d 1190, 1195 (11th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 960, 104 S.Ct. 2174, 80 L.Ed.2d 557 (1984) (review of supplemental jury instruction involves review of all instructions given to determine whether instructions as a whole accurately presented the law). To the extent the district court’s response may hav…
• United States v. Andrews Bruce Campbell, 874 F.2d 838 (1st Cir. 1989)
  …, 103 U.S. (13 Otto 304) 304, 312, 26 L.Ed. 481 (1880). Accord United States v. Gibson, 726 F. 2d 869, 874 (1st Cir.) (“It can be said beyond any doubt that the words ‘reasonable doubt’ do not lend themselves to accurate definition.”), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 960, 104 S.Ct. 2174, 80 L.Ed.2d 557 (1984). Most efforts at clarification result in further obfuscation of the concept. Many definitions reduce the burden of proof on the government by expanding the degree of doubt permissible, United States v. MacDona…