Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied March 6, 1978.
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The main issue in this appeal is whether the district court plainly erred in a criminal case by its failure to read an instruction to the jury as to the government's burden of proof on the issue of self-defense.
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The case arises out of an altercation between the defendant, Clifford Jackson, and a federal correctional officer, William Neris, in the visiting room...
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