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Notable Court Decisions Concerning Criminal Law (18545 words) |
 | Procedural Posture: The trial court refused the defense's request for a jury instruction stating that the Government must prove that he had actual knowledge that the false statements were made in a matter within the jurisdiction of a federal agency. |
| Procedural Posture: In the trial court, the judge allowed the prosecution to bring the doctor's wife to the stand and testify about her life, which was a play on the jury's sympathy. |
| Procedural Posture: The trial court gave a jury instruction on self- defense, and supplemented it with a statement that they must determine, from the subjective viewpoint of a battered wife, whether the D.'s belief that she was in imminent danger was reasonable. |
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