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ANDR BIROTTE JR. United States Attorney DENNISE D. WILLETT Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Santa Ana Branch Office DOUGLAS F. McCORMICK (180415) Assistant United States Attorney 411 West Fourth Street, Suite 8000 Santa Ana, California 92701 Telephone: (714) 338-3541 Facsimile: (714) 338-3523 E-mail: doug.mccormick@usdoj.gov KATHLEEN McGOVERN, Acting Chief CHARLES G. LA BELLA, Deputy Chief JEFFREY A. GOLDBERG, Senior Trial Attorney ANDREW GENTIN, Trial Attorney Fraud Section Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 1400 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 353-3551 Facsimile: (202) 514-0152 E-mail: andrew.gentin@usdoj.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. STUART CARSON, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) NO. SA CR 09-00077-JVS GOVERNMENTS PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING INSTRUMENTALITY AND SCIENTER; EXHIBITS Hearing: August 12, 2011, 1:30 p.m.
authorities cited herein, the attached exhibits, the files and records in this matter, as well as any evidence or argument presented at any hearing on this matter.
an instrumentality of a foreign government, you need not find that all of the factors listed above weigh in favor of such a determination. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78dd-2(h)(2)(A) (defining foreign official); Blacks Law Dictionary (9th ed. 2009) (defining instrumentality as [a] thing used to achieve an end or purpose); Merriam-Websters Dictionary of Law (1996 ed.) (defining instrumentality as something through which an end is achieved or occurs); United States v. Carson, 09-CR-77, DE 373 at 5 (C.D. Cal. May 18, 2011); United States v. Aguilar, 10-CR-1031, DE 474 at 9 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 20, 2011) (setting forth non-exclusive list of various characteristics of government agencies and departments); United States v. Jefferson, 07-CR-209, DE 684 at 75-87 (E.D. Va. July 30, 2009) (defining instrumentality as including government-owned or government-controlled companies, such as commercial carriers, airlines, railroads, utilities, and telecommunications companies); United States v. Bourke, 1:05-CR-518 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (Trial Tr. at 3366:10-11(July 8, 2009)) (An instrumentality of a foreign government includes government-owned or government-controlled companies.); Patrickson v. Dole Food Co., 251 F.3d 795, 807 (9th Cir. 2001), affd in relevant part, dismissed in part, 538 U.S. 468 (2003) (establishing six factors, in addition to ownership, to be considered in determining whether a foreign entity is an agency or instrumentality).
a person is aware of a high probability of the existence of such circumstance, unless the person actually believes that such circumstance does not exist.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 78dd-2(h)(3) (defining knowing with regard to FCPA violations); United States v. Aguilar, 10-CR-1031, DE 511 at 34 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 20, 2011) (courts instruction no. 31 defining corruptly and willfully and knowledge) (Ex. A); United States v. Green, 08-CR-59, DE 288 at 10-11 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 11, 2009) (defining corruptly and willfully) (Ex. B); United States v. Kay, 01-CR-914, DE 142 at 14-23 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 6, 2004), aff'd, 513 F.3d 432, 446-52 (5th Cir. 2007), reh'g denied, 513 F.3d 461 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 42 (2008); United States v. Kay, 359 F.3d 738, 755-56 (5th Cir. 2004); United States v. Jefferson, 07-CR-209, DE 684 at 75-87 (E.D. Va. July 30, 2009) (same).

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