# United States v. Malcolm Lee Washington

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · June 5, 1987 · 819 F.2d 221

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9476218

## Case

- **Full name:** UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Malcolm Lee WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** June 5, 1987
- **Citations:** 819 F.2d 221; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 7169
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Boochever
- **Judges:** Poole, Boochever, Dimmick
- **Cited by:** 90 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that “ambiguous and equivocal jury instruc- tions” on an important issue constitute reversible error
- noting that 18 U.S. C. § 113(c) is “a crime requiring the specific intent to do bodily harm”

## Opinion text

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I believe there was sufficient evidence of intoxication to require giving the requested instructions on diminished capacity and voluntary intoxication. See United States v. Polizzi, 801 F.2d 1543, 1549 (9th Cir.1986).

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