United States v. Christy, No. 10-3527 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of unlawful possession of firearms as a previously convicted felon and sentenced to 204 months imprisonment. At issue was whether the district court erred by not submitting defendant's proposed alibi instruction to the jury. The court held that the district court's refusal to submit the proffered instruction was not error where the requested two-sentence alibi instruction added virtually nothing to the instructions already given. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal case - criminal law. District court did not err in refusing to give defendant's proposed alibi instruction as the other instructions in the case covered the matter.
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