United States v. Jessie Ailsworth, Jr.

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• holding that so long as notations do not cast doubt on the unqualified nature of a general verdict, “unnecessary or irrelevant statements in a verdict form may be disregarded as surplusage” (emphasis added)
• holding that while evidence proving conspiracy was narrower than the conspiracy alleged in the indictment, the variance was not fatal because the “government did not offer proof of new facts or new offenses not alleged in the indictment”
• holding that while evidence proving conspiracy was narrower than the conspiracy alleged in the indictment, the variance was not fatal because the \government did not offer proof of new facts or new offenses not alleged in the indictment\
• ruling that so long as notations do not cast doubt on the unqualified nature of a general verdict, “unnecessary or irrelevant statements in a verdict form may be disregarded as surplusage”
• cautioning that jury’s notations may not be disregarded when “the circumstances of the jury’s recommendation cast doubt upon the unqualified nature of the verdict”
• cautioning that jury’s notations may not be disregarded when “the cir- cumstances of the jury’s recommendation cast doubt upon the unqualified nature of the verdict”

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