James Quinonez v. State

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• explaining that a statute “need not achieve meticulous specificity, which would come at the cost of flexibility and reasonable breadth”
• noting that a multiple-conspiracy instruction is not appropriate “when the evidence shows that each alleged member agreed to participate in what he knew to be a collective venture directed toward a common goal” (cleaned up)
• stating that the jury instruction for false exculpatory statements “is most often 2 Mr. Taylor does not contest that the statements were false. See Aplt. Br. at 8, 11-12. 6 Appellate Case: 24-7085 Document: 38-1 Date Filed: 04/24/2025 Page: 7 (though not only
• upholding lower court’s exclusion of hearsay statement finding declarant’s “statement regarding his relationship with [management company] was an assertion of fact—that is, an archetypal hearsay statement—not a statement of motive or intent” within the meaning of 803(3)
• “[A]n order, i.e., an imperative rather than a declarative statement, . . . [is] offered not for its truth, but for the fact that it was said. It [i]s therefore not hearsay.”
• “[W]hen a district court restricts evidence based on a legitimate application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, abuse of discretion remains the proper standard for our review” even when that impacts a defendant’s right to present a defense.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).