context: See 1 Leonard B. Sand, et ah, Modern Federal Jury Instructions: Criminal, Instructions 6-9 (flight), 6-11 (false exculpatory statements) (2002). So in this case, in which other evidence plainly established that Cassese had placed the charged DPRC stock purchases, a rational jury could reasonably infer from his effort to undo those trades that he believed that he was guilty of the charged Rule 14e-3(a) crime, that is, that he believed that, at the time he placed the trades, he did so in willful violation of federal securities laws.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 387 F.3d 201, 209
citation_a.parenthetical: recognizing that defendant's attempt to persuade a witness to make false exculpatory statements is probative of guilty knowledge and intent
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Gordon, 987 F.2d 902, 906-07 (2d Cir.1993) (holding that defendant’s knowledge of and intent to participate in a criminal conspiracy may be established through circumstantial evidence, “including] acts that exhibit a consciousness of guilt”); see also United States v. Perez, 387 F.3d 201, 209 (2d Cir.2004) (recognizing that defendant’s attempt to persuade a witness to make false exculpatory statements is probative of guilty knowledge and intent).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 987 F.2d 902, 906-07
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that defendant's knowledge of and intent to participate in a criminal conspiracy may be established through circumstantial evidence, "including] acts that exhibit a consciousness of guilt"
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Gordon, 987 F.2d 902, 906-07 (2d Cir.1993) (holding that defendant’s knowledge of and intent to participate in a criminal conspiracy may be established through circumstantial evidence, “including] acts that exhibit a consciousness of guilt”); see also United States v. Perez, 387 F.3d 201, 209 (2d Cir.2004) (recognizing that defendant’s attempt to persuade a witness to make false exculpatory statements is probative of guilty knowledge and intent).