United States First Circuit

Because the formulation of jury instructions in a criminal case is an interactive process, with the parties bearing a responsibility to tell the judge what they think the jury should or should not be told, there are no sets of words appropriate for every situation involving the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/30/2001
• Published 05/30/2001

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• José R. Franco, with whom David W. Roman and Brown & Ubarri were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.