Is it reversible error to reject a defendant's instruction on his theory of the case if other instructions adequately cover that defense?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rhinehart v. Spearman, No. 2:15-cv-00122-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2017):
may reject a defendant's requested instruction if other instructions reasonably cover the theory of the defense."); United States v. Del Muro, 87 F.3d 1078, 1081 (9th Cir. 1996) (per curiam) (It "is not reversible error to reject a defendant's proposed instruction on his theory of the case if other instructions, in their entirety, adequately cover that defense theory." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
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