Legal Opinion
United States v. Archer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 20, 2011No. 10-4683PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
The Defendant-Appellant, Thomas Archer, requested specific jury instructions with respect to the government’s burden of proof regarding his knowledge of the fraud for which he was indicted. The district court (Johnson, J.) denied these requests and instead gave a general instruction on acting “knowingly.” Archer challenges those denials as well as the sufficiency of the evidence presented at trial. We find these challenges meritless.
Accordingly, we affirm the defendant’s conviction.
In calculating Archer’s Guidelines sentencing range, the district court relied on four…
2Cases cited54 opinions
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