7^th CIRCUIT FEDERAL INSTRUCTIONS 1999
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Many instructions require the giving of additional or accompanying instructions. The Committee has tried to make explicit cross-references wherever possible, but gives no warranty that it has done so exhaustively. In some circumstances, instructions other than or in addition to those referenced may be appropriate.

These instructions were drafted based on the most common factual and legal scenarios. The Committee anticipates that changes in the language of the instructions may be appropriate in particular cases.

The Committee has drafted a separate instruction for use where the charge includes aiding and abetting or acting through another rather than including those possibilities in each statutory instruction.

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