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“the conscious avoidance charge commonly has been used where a defendant has claimed lack of some specific aspect of knowledge necessary to conviction but where the evidence may be construed as deliberate ignorance.”
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Top citers, strongest first. 15 distinct citers.
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United States v. Leroy Warshawsky (93-1345) Ira Warshawsky (93-1346) and Ted Warshawsky (93-1473)
the conscious avoidance charge commonly has been used where a defendant has claimed lack of some specific aspect of knowledge necessary to conviction but where the evidence may be construed as deliberate ignorance.
cited
Cited "see"
Titington v. United States
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015 , 1022–23 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
cited
Cited "see"
United States v. Swiney
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1022-23 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Brown
Accord ingly, the giving of this charge is proper “‘where a defendant has claimed lack of some specific aspect of knowledge necessary to conviction but where the evidence may be construed as deliberate ignorance.’” United States v. Boothe, 994 F.2d 63, 69 (2d Cir.1993) (quoting United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1022 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986)).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Alphonso Pedraza, United States of America v. Peter Brent Irelan, United States of America v. Enrique Pedraza
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1020 (2d Cir.) (testimony of three witnesses to whom witness was indebted not probative on issue of witness’s truthfulness), cer t. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Lanni
(2×)
also: Cited "see, e.g."
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1022-23 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Lanni
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1022-23 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
cited
Cited "see"
United States v. Oscar Civelli
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1021 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
cited
Cited "see"
Davidson Pipe Co. v. Laventhol & Horwath
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1020 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986) (debts); West v. Love, 776 F.2d 170, 175-76 (7th Cir.1985) (threats).
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Cited "see"
Minpeco, S.A. v. Conticommodity Services, Inc.
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1022 (2d Cir.1987), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Murad Nersesian
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1021 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
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Cited "see"
United States v. Riad Youssef Rahme
See United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1020 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986); United States v. Singh, 628 F.2d 758, 763 (2d Cir.) (affirming disallowance of cross-examination into how long government held witness in custody), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1034 , 101 S.Ct. 609 , 66 L.Ed.2d 496 (1980).
discussed
Cited "see, e.g."
United States v. Mauricio Londono-Villa
(2×)
See, e.g., United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1022 (2d Cir.) (conscious-avoidance instruction is appropriate when a defendant claims to lack “some specific aspect of knowledge necessary to conviction but where the evidence may be construed as deliberate ignorance”), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
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Cited "see, e.g."
United States v. Mang Sun Wong, Chi Hong Lam and Hang Fang Ko, Mang Sun Wong
(2×)
Compare United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015, 1022 (2d Cir.) ("conscious avoidance charge commonly has been used where a defendant has claimed lack of some specific aspect of knowledge necessary to conviction but where the evidence may be construed as deliberate ignorance”) (citing cases), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986), with United States v. Alvarado, 838 F.2d 311, 314 (9th Cir.) (“cases in which the facts point to deliberate ignorance are relatively rare”), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 2880 , 101 L.Ed.2d 915 (1988); United States v. Garzon, 6…
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Arce v. Smith
A claim challenging the sufficiency of the evidence carries a “very heavy burden.” United States v. Soto, 716 F.2d 989 (2d Cir.1983); see also United States v. Lanza, 790 F.2d 1015 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 861 , 107 S.Ct. 211 , 93 L.Ed.2d 141 (1986).
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Hampton
v.
K mart Corp.
v.
K mart Corp.
No. 86-5132.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 6, 1986.
Published
Citer courts: Sixth Circuit (1)
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.