Does a federal court's instruction to the jury regarding a stipulation that states that a defendant must plead guilty to a common law crime be changed to a different set of offences?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Robinson, 101 F.3d 688 (2nd Cir. 1996):
Pollak now argues that the district court's instruction to the jury regarding his stipulation "was defective because it charged elements of the offense, and then removed them, needlessly confusing the jury." We disagree.
In United States v. Figueroa, 618 F.2d 934 (2d Cir.1980), we held that:
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