US-CA5 · jury_instructions
5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 1.42
DELIBERATE IGNORANCE
You may find that a defendant had knowledge of a fact if you find that the defendant
deliberately closed his [her] eyes to what would otherwise have been obvious to him [her].
While knowledge on the part of the defendant cannot be established merely by demonstrating
that the defendant was negligent, careless, or foolish, knowledge can be inferred if the
defendant deliberately blinded himself [herself] to the existence of a fact.
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