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071309P.pdf 07/10/2008 United States v. Zachery Whitehill
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-1309
and No: 07-1311
and No: 07-1312
and No: 07-1318
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Bowman and Smith, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. District court did not err
in giving a willful blindness instruction in this fraud prosecution; the
district court did not abuse its discretion in giving the Eighth Circuit's
model jury instruction on good faith instead of defendants' proposed
instruction; Brady claim rejected; sentencing enhancements were properly
imposed under a preponderance of the evidence standard.