United States v. John E. Kenny, Trenton P. Oelberg, and William L. Parker, Defendants

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• holding a tape recording of defendant's statements was admissible under Rule 801(d)(2)(A) and independently under Rule 613
• single conspiracy established where each defendant knew or had reason to know of the conspiracy's scope and \had reason to believe that their own benefits were dependent upon the success of the entire venture\
• tape of represented person made in non-custodial, pre-indictment, pre-arrest context does not implicate the ethical problems addressed by DR 7-104(A)(l)
• defendant entitled to jury instruction on a legitimate theory of defense if there is evidence to support it
• jury must be instructed as to defense theory of case, but exact language proposed by defendant need not be used
• to establish a rim, “the circumstances must lead to an inference that some form of overall agreement exists.”

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