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This document is a page from a court filing, likely jury instructions, from a criminal case against Ms. Maxwell. It outlines the legal standards for proving her involvement in a conspiracy, stating that the Government must establish her knowing participation but does not need to prove she knew all details, knew all other members, or was involved from the beginning. The text clarifies that even a limited role or a single act could be sufficient for a guilty verdict if she was aware of the conspiracy's criminal aims.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ms. Maxwell | Defendant |
Mentioned throughout the document as the subject of a conspiracy trial, whose knowledge, intent, and participation ar...
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| Government | Government agency |
The prosecuting party in the legal case, responsible for proving Ms. Maxwell's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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| DOJ | Government agency |
Appears in the Bates number in the footer (DOJ-OGR-00008754), indicating the document is a Department of Justice record.
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The document describes the legal parameters for a jury to determine Ms. Maxwell's guilt in a criminal conspiracy. It specifies that her participation did not need to be from the start, nor did she need to know all details or participants to be found guilty.
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The document discusses Ms. Maxwell's alleged participation in a conspiracy with 'other alleged co-conspirators' and her potential responsibility for their collective actions.
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 565 Filed 12/19/21 Page 48 of 83
alleged to have taken place involving Ms. Maxwell or in her presence. You may consider this evidence in determining whether the Government has proven beyond a reasonable doubt Ms. Maxwell’s knowledge of the unlawful purposes of the conspiracy.
It is for you to determine whether the Government has established beyond a reasonable doubt that such knowledge and intent on the part of Ms. Maxwell existed. It is important for you to know that Ms. Maxwell’s participation in the conspiracy must be established by independent evidence of her own acts or statements, as well as those of the other alleged co-conspirators, and the reasonable inferences that may be drawn from that evidence.
It is not necessary for the Government to show that Ms. Maxwell was fully informed as to all the details of the conspiracy in order for you to infer knowledge on her part. To have guilty knowledge, Ms. Maxwell need not have known the full extent of the conspiracy or all of the activities of all of its participants. It is not even necessary for a defendant to know every other member of the conspiracy.
In addition, the duration and extent of Ms. Maxwell’s participation has no bearing on the issue of her guilt. She need not have joined the conspiracy at the outset. Ms. Maxwell may have joined it for any purpose at any time in its progress, and she will be held responsible for all that was done before she joined and all that was done during the conspiracy’s existence while she was a member. Each member of a conspiracy may perform separate and distinct acts and may perform them at different times. Indeed, a single act may be enough to bring one within the membership of the conspiracy, provided that Ms. Maxwell was aware of the conspiracy and knowingly associated herself with its criminal aims. It does not matter whether Ms. Maxwell’s role in the conspiracy may have been more limited than or different in nature or in length of time from the roles of her co-conspirators, provided she was herself a participant.
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