Legal Opinion
United States v. Christopher D. Reyes
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 26, 2002No. Docket 01-1258PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals from a district court’s judgment of acquittal after a jury had found defendant Christopher Reyes guilty of joining a conspiracy to transport stolen automobile airbags in interstate commerce. Among the issues we deal with is the doctrine of conscious avoidance in the context of a conspiracy. Conscious avoidance occurs when a person deliberately closes his eyes to avoid having knowledge of what would otherwise be obvious to him. But such deliberate ignorance, as this case illustrates, does not establish that person’s innocence.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Barnes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. Charles Demore JewellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Edmund M. AutuoriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
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