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U.S. v. RHONE

No. 88-3028.

864 F.2d 832 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dorotha RHONE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. Clancy, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Jody Goodman, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Helen M. Bollwerk, Washington, D.C., and Blanch L. Bruce, Asst. U.S. Attys., appeared on the brief, for appellee.

Before MIKVA, BUCKLEY, and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Dorotha Rhone challenges her convictions for mail fraud and theft on the ground that the district court gave an erroneous jury instruction on ignorance of the law as an excuse. We conclude that the instruction at issue was constitutional error and that the error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, see Rose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570

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