United States v. Giovanetti
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united-states-v-giovanetti-268-7543802
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United States v. Giovanetti
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United States v. Giovanetti, 919 F.2d 1223, is a criminal case that interpreted the jury instruction known as the ostrich instruction, that willful ignorance counted as knowledge where required for a guilty mind in complicity to commit a crime. The court held that willful ignorance required a positive act to avoid knowledge, otherwise it reduces the mens rea requirement of proving "knowledge" to merely proving "negligence". Janis rented a house to Orlando, who Janis should have known would use t
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2023-09-13T03:17:12Z
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