United States v. Syed Abbas, A/K/A Qasim

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• explaining that decision whether to give a requested jury instruction rests within the discretion of the district court
• noting that courts should examine “(1) whether the party moving to reopen provided a reasonable explanation for failing to present the evidence in its case-in-chief; (2) whether the evidence was relevant, admissible, or helpful to the jury; and (3
• finding evidence supported willful blindness instruction where jury could find that Abbas “consciously closed his eyes to the fact that he was involved in an obvious [criminal] transaction”
• finding evidence supported willful blindness instruction where jury could find that Abbas “consciously closed his eyes to the fact that he was involved in an obvious [criminal] transaction”
• describing the factors to be considered in ruling on a motion to reopen
• “It is within the district court’s sole discretion to reopen a case to admit new evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).