Opinion ID: 741894
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Heading: Instruction on Falsity

Text: 12 Nash also contends that the district court erred in failing to give a specific instruction that the jury had to find that he falsely overstated his income to convict him under section 1014. But Nash never submitted a proposed instruction to the court, even though his counsel promised to do so. In this context, we review for plain error. See United States v. Dorri, 15 F.3d 888, 890-91 (9th Cir.1994). Since the court gave a generic instruction on section 1014 requiring proof that the statements were false, and read to the jury the indictment, which charged Nash with falsely overstating his income, we find no prejudice to Nash, even if the court might have given a more specific instruction. 13 We therefore affirm all of the section 1014 convictions.