Opinion by Judge O'SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge D.W. NELSON.
We must primarily decide whether a jury instruction impermissibly relieved the government of its burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant used a "dangerous weapon," an essential element of the crime.
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In August 1999, four inmates at the federal penitentiary in Lompoc, California, were in...
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