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U.S. v. DESTEFANO

No. 95-1207.

59 F.3d 1 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony S. DESTEFANO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. McKee, with whom Lipman and Katz, P.A., Augusta, ME, was on brief, for appellant.

Helene Kazanjian, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay P. McCloskey, U.S. Atty., and Jonathan R. Chapman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, ME, were on brief, for U.S.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A jury in the United States District Court for the District of Maine found appellant guilty, inter alia, of assisting an escape in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 752(a).1 Appellant says that the district court shunned a jury instruction crucial to his defense. Discerning no error in the lower court's eschewal of the requested instruction, we affirm.

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