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142188P.pdf   06/30/2015  United States  v.  Randal Kent Hansen
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-2188
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Gruender and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support 
   defendant's conviction for conspiracy and mail and wire fraud; no error in 
   giving a "willful blindness" instruction; instruction provided in response 
   to a jury inquiry asking for clarification of the third element of 
   conspiracy - that defendant knew the purpose of the agreement or 
   understanding when he joined the conspiracy - was not erroneous and the 
   instructions as a whole adequately advised the jury on the essential 
   elements of conspiracy.