After failing once to cut off his injured leg with a chain saw, Benjamin R. Hull tried to shoot it off with a shotgun, and then accepted state Department of Labor and Industries (L & I) benefits for the injury. He appeals his conviction for L & I fraud, contending primarily that the court's instructions failed to include necessary elements of or defenses to the crime. We agree and reverse.
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