United States v. Lionel Reifler, Glenn B. Laken, John M. Black, Jr.

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• noting that proximate cause reflects “ideas of what justice demands, or of what is administratively possible and convenient” (internal citation omitted)
• omitting any mention of reasonable inferences when articulating the factors relevant to harmless error review
• admission of plea allocutions was harmless error where, inter alia, they did not “indicate the methods” used by defendants
• “In assessing [an] error’s likely impact . . . the strength of the prosecution’s case is probably the single most critical factor’”
• admission of plea allocutions that bore on two essential elements of a conspiracy charge was harmless error given, inter alia, “the brevity of the government’s mention of the plea allo-cutions, the purely cumulative character of the statements, and the strength of the government’s case”
• “Background evidence may be admitted to . . . furnish an explanation of the understanding or intent with which certain acts were performed.” (quoting United States v. Daly, 842 F.2d 1380, 1388 (2d Cir. 1988)); United States v. Kone, 216 F. App’x 74, 75–76 (2d Cir. 2007

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).