United States v. Frank Quattrone

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• recognizing that “evidence of compensation, wealth, or lack thereof can unduly prejudice jury deliberations”
• noting that \courts may not credit inferences within the realm of possibility when those inferences are unreasonable\
• finding that the government had reminded the jurors to use similar evidence for the limited purpose of determining motive
• noting that drawn out inferential chains do not defeat a threshold finding of relevance pursuant to rule 401
• noting that instructions are 5 reviewed as a whole “to see if the entire charge delivered a correct interpretation of 6 the law” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• defining the “corrupt” intent required for a § 1503 conviction as a “ ‘wrongful’ or ‘immoral’ intent to obstruct the grand jury’s administration of justice”

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