jury instructions
Jury instructions must be correct says Fairfax criminal lawyer
Jury instructions need to be correct. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that might sound obvious at first blush, but the appropriate instructions are not always given to jurors, and can result in serious harm to criminal defendants. Praised be the Virginia Court of...
Criminal defense- Beware executive liability and the two-inference jury instruction
A January 19, 2017, opinion from the federal Fourth Circuit provides important insight into the criminal liability of corporate executives, and the so-called "two-inference" jury instruction. United States v. Blankenship