Criminal Law: Failure to Register as a Sex Offender-Jury Instructions-Waiver of Issue

Defendant appealed his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender. During a conference on proposed jury instructions, defense counsel asserted that the jury should be instructed on the concept of knowledge. The district court read the standard jury instruction on knowledge twice. Although defense counsel stated that he was still going to object, each time counsel stated that the instruction was okay.

Where defendant through his counsel expressly agreed to the jury instructions as read by the district court, he waived any challenge to the instructions on appeal.

Judgment is affirmed.

U.S. v. Bramlett (MLW No. 79924/Case No. 22-1856 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Hickey, J.