United States v. Saunders

88 F. App'x 200

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

“[A] specific good faith instruction is unnecessary where the court has already adequately instructed the jury as to specific intent.”¹ Because the district court’s instruction as to specific intent was accurate and adequately covered Ms. Saunders’s theory of the case,² the district court did not abuse its discretion³ in refusing to include Ms. Saunders’s proposed instruction as to a good faith defense.

AFFIRMED.

Footnotes

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1

. United States v. Dees, 34 F.3d 838, 842 (9th Cir. 1994); see also United States v. Lorenzo, 995 F.2d 1448, 1455 (9th Cir.1993).

2

. See United States v. Romero-Avila, 210 F.3d 1017, 1023 (9th Cir.2000) (holding that it is not reversible error to reject a defendant’s proposed instruction on his theory of the case if other instructions adequately cover the defense theoiy).

3

. See United States v. Franklin, 321 F.3d 1231, 1240-41 (9th Cir.2003).