UNITED STATES v. WITT

No. 80-1489.

648 F.2d 608 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bates Baird WITT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Choquette, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendant-appellant.

James L. Swartz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, Senior District Judge.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Witt contends that his conviction for knowingly making a false statement to a federally insured credit union should be reversed because (1) the district court failed to define "reasonable doubt" and the "presumption of innocence" in its jury instructions, and (2) the evidence was insufficient to convict. We affirm.

He made two loans from the Alaska Federal Credit Union in 1977 and 1978. He represented that he owned two computers...

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