In the Matter of Adoption by Step-Parent

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• explaining that the government may show the defendant joined a conspiracy through circumstantial evidence of acts furthering that conspiracy
• noting that a “tie goes to the” party who does not bear the burden of persuasion
• noting that where the defendant bears the burden of persuasion, a “tie goes to the government”
• noting that because a jury can freely choose among reasonable constructions of the evi- dence, “it is not necessary that the evidence exclude every reason- able hypothesis of innocence or be wholly inconsistent with every conclusion except that of guilt”
• a defend- ant’s substantial rights are unaffected by instructional error if “the defendant’s guilt would have been clear under the correct instruc- tion”
• “To prevail under plain error review, Iriele must show that the district court made an error.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).