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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 42 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Bruce Everett Harrod.

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1 United States v. Bruce Everett Harrod Anchor
ca6 · 1999
green “only if the instructions, viewed as a whole, were confusing, misleading, or prejudicial.” 20
2 United States v. Wendell Layne
ca6 · 1999
green “fails accurately to reflect the law.” 13
3 United States v. Michael I. Monus
ca6 · 1998
green “even if there had been insufficient evidence to support a deliberate ignorance instruction, we must assume that the jury followed the jury charge and did not convict on the grounds of deliberate ignorance.” 6
4 United States v. Bruce Everett Harrod
ca6 · 1999
green “the instructions, viewed as a whole, were confusing, misleading, or prejudicial.” 3

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