United States v. Bartley Burns and Lawrence Kelly

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the ostrich instruction “functions as an illustration of how knowledge may be inferred from a defendant’s exposure to information”
• explaining that the ostrich instruction “functions as an illustration of how knowledge may be inferred from a defendant’s exposure to informa- tion”
• “[Considering the extended nature of the discussion between the court and the jury, we are unable to say that the defendant was not prejudiced by the error of the court.”
• discussing such dangers and finding reversible error where the trial judge entered the jury room and explained to the jury the “overt act” requirement in a conspiracy trial without giving prior notice to defendants or their counsel
• discussing such dangers and finding reversible error where the trial judge entered the jury room and explained to the jury the \overt act\ requirement in a conspiracy trial without giving prior notice to defendants or their counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).