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U.S. v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 89, Docket 92-1184.

983 F.2d 455 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Maritza RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Ramseur, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Joseph R. Conway, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., David C. James, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, WINTER, and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges primarily a trial judge's decision to include in the jury instructions a charge on the defendant's conscious avoidance of the knowledge element of the crime with which she is charged. It also requires us to refine our consideration of the standard for determining when such a charge should be given. These matters arise on an appeal by Maritza Rodriguez from the March 24, 1992, judgment of the District Court for the...

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