EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal, we address the question whether under 18 U.S.C. § 111 assault on a federal officer is a general or specific intent crime. The district court held that § 111 was a general intent crime and refused to instruct the jury on the defense of voluntary intoxication. We affirm.
FACTS
After consuming an undetermined amount of alcohol on Christmas Eve 1986, Anthony Jim went on a shooting spree on the...
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