Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Joseph Chiantese and John Joseph Cerrella
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1978No. 75-3534PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This case is before us on remand from the court sitting en banc. Our initial disposition reversed the convictions of Chiantese and Cerrella 1 because the district court had employed what has come to be known as the “Mann instruction.” 2 United States v. Chiantese, 546 F.2d 135 (5th Cir. 1977). The trial judge incorporated the following version of the Mann charge in his final instructions to the jury:
As a general rule it is reasonable to infer that a person ordinarily intends all the natural and probable consequences of acts knowingly done or knowingly omitted. So,…
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