PER CURIAM:
This appeal raises a single question: Was the failure of the district court, on its own motion, to instruct the jury on defense of property, self-defense, or defense of a third person in an assault case "plain error * * * affecting substantial rights" within the meaning of Rule 52, F.R.Crim.P., under the facts of this case?
Appellant was charged and found guilty of assaulting Immigration Patrol Inspectors with a gun on two occasions when they approached...
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