United States Ninth Circuit

District court's refusal to provide written jury instructions did not constitute an abuse of discretion given the relative simplicity of the sexual molestation case, the court's observations of the jurors' understanding, and defendant's lack of objection to the content of the oral instructions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2003
• Decided 12/30/2003
• Published 12/30/2003

Judges

• T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before BRUNETTI, T.G. NELSON, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeremy S. Yellin, Fort Benton, MT, for the defendant-appellant., Klaus P. Richter, Assistant United States Attorney, Billings, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.