U.S. v. ADKINS

No. 15-10566.

883 F.3d 1207 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tineimalo ADKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus B. Sierra (argued), Honolulu, Hawaii, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jill Aiko Otake (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Dorothy W. Nelson, and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

OVERVIEW

Tineimalo Adkins appeals his conviction for a Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering (VICAR) under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1959(a)(3), (2). Adkins argues that the district court erred in instructing the jury on the federal, rather than state, definition of "knowingly." Because...

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