IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
Although jurors are far less sensitive than computers to nuances in instruction, an erroneous charge by a trial judge may affect the jury in unaccountable ways and, in some instances, a defendant may be deprived of vital procedural safeguards. Exactly what transpired in the jury room where Barry's peers found him guilty of conspiring to distribute amphetamines will never be known. But the district court's failure to charge the jury...
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