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This document is a jury instruction (Instruction No. 32) from a federal court case (1:20-cr-00330-PAE), filed on December 18, 2021. It outlines the four specific elements that the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt to convict a defendant of conspiracy to violate federal law, as charged in Counts One, Three, and Five of the indictment. The elements include the existence of an agreement, the defendant's knowing participation, the commission of an overt act by a member, and that the act was in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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| Defendant | Defendant |
The subject of the jury instruction, who the Government must prove guilty of conspiracy.
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The entity responsible for proving the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Jury Instruction No. 32 outlines the four elements required to prove guilt for conspiracy to violate federal law, as related to Counts One, Three, and Five of an Indictment.
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The document describes the elements of a conspiracy, which requires proving that the Defendant knowingly joined an unlawful agreement with two or more other persons.
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 563 Filed 12/18/21 Page 124 of 167
1 Instruction No. 32: Counts One, Three, and Five; Conspiracy to Violate Federal Law –
2 The Elements
2 The Elements
3 To prove the Defendant guilty of the crime of conspiracy, the Government must
4 prove each of the following four elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
5 First, that two or more persons entered the unlawful agreement charged in the particular
6 count of the Indictment;
7 Second, that the Defendant knowingly and willfully became a member of that conspiracy;
8 Third, that one of the members of the conspiracy knowingly committed at least one overt
9 act; and
10 Fourth, that the overt act which you find to have been committed was committed to
11 further some objective of that conspiracy.
12 Each of these elements must be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt.
13 Now let us separately consider each of these elements.
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