United States v. Bernard Wilson, Luis Luna, and Manuel Garcia

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• concluding that district court abused its discretion in denying surrebuttal testimony but that the error was harmless
• “A defendant is entitled to an instruction on his theory of defense [i.e., multiple conspiracies] only if ... the proffered instruction is a correct statement of the law.” (emphasis added)
• defen- dant had knowledge that the person for whom he was delivering filled trash bags had history of dealing drugs
• \courts are still required to consider whether this expressed intent actually resulted in conserving Government and court resources.\
• 700 pounds of trash bags loaded in truck and knowledge of past shady dealings
• “Because a defendant is not bound by an expressed intention to plead guilty, it may indeed be a rare case in which intent, without more, actually will result in the conservation of resources”

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