U.S. v. SMITH

No. 00-2403.

278 F.3d 33 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David A.A. SMITH, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo T. Sorokin, Federal Defender Office, for appellant.

Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, with whom Antoinette E.M. Leoney, Assistant United States Attorney was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

David Smith appeals from the judgment following his conviction for willfully failing to pay child support in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 228 (1994 & Supp. IV 1998). He contends that the district court erred in defining willfulness in its jury instructions by omitting language Smith requested and by including language to which he now objects. We conclude that the jury instructions were adequate and we affirm the judgment...

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