Elements Test For Lesser Included Offenses

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• United States v. Mena
  933 F.2d 19· 1st Cir.· 1991-05-09 ·cited 26×
  The court held that the evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of aircraft piracy and related charges, and that his convictions did not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause or entitle him to a lesser included offense instruction.
• United States v. Lopez
  885 F.2d 1428· 9th Cir.· 1989-09-15 ·cited 26×
  The court held that the erroneous jury instruction regarding aiding escape was harmless error because the jury's findings necessarily supported the conviction.
• United States v. Browner
  889 F.2d 549· 5th Cir.· 1989-11-16 ·cited 22×
  A defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter if the evidence could rationally support a finding of guilt for the lesser offense and acquittal for the greater.
• United States v. Gregory
  891 F.2d 732· 9th Cir.· 1989-12-08 ·cited 17×
  The court held that bank larceny is not a lesser included offense of bank robbery, the in-court identifications were admissible, and the defendant was not in custodial interrogation. However, the special assessment was reversed.
• United States v. Komisaruk
  885 F.2d 490· 9th Cir.· 1989-05-10 ·cited 14×
  The court held that the district court did not err in precluding evidence of international law, necessity, or crime prevention as defenses to the charge of willfully damaging government property, nor in refusing a jury instruction on trespass as a lesser included offense.
• United States v. Schmuck
  840 F.2d 384· 7th Cir.· 1986-06-09 ·cited 14×
  The court held that the district court erred in denying the defendant's requested lesser included offense instruction on odometer tampering.
• United States v. Flores
  968 F.2d 1366· 1st Cir.· 1992-06-30
  The court held that simple assault under 49 U.S.C. § 1472(k)(1) is a lesser included offense of assault interfering with a flight attendant's duties under 49 U.S.C. § 1472(j), and the evidence warranted a jury instruction on the lesser offense.
• United States v. Spencer
  905 F.2d 1260· 9th Cir.· 1990-06-08
  The court held that receiving stolen property under 18 U.S.C. § 662 is not a lesser included offense of theft by taking under 18 U.S.C. § 661, and thus the district court lacked jurisdiction to convict on the § 662 charge after acquitting on the § 661 charge.