United States First Circuit

Defendant's convictions for conspiracy and assault are affirmed over his challenge that the district court committed plain error in failing to adequately instruct the jury, at the close of evidence, of defendant's Fifth Amendment privileges.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/06/2005
• Published 01/06/2005

Judges

• CARTER, Senior District Judge., Before TORRUELLA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, CARTER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald R. Furman, Jr., for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nathan J. Schulte, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, German A. Rieckehoff, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.