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U.S. v. Draves, No. 96-1408 (7th Cir.) (103 F.3d 1328) (January 3, 1997) (Judge Jesse E. Eschbach)

The Court observed: "Under the 'conscious avoidance' or 'ostrich doctrine', knowledge may in some circumstances be inferred from strong suspicion of wrongdoing coupled with active indifference to the truth. . . . [An] ostrich instruction is appropriately given when the defendant claims that he had no guilty knowledge of the ...

 

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