U.S. v. ROMERO-PADILLA

Docket Nos. 08-1817-cr(L), 08-3121-cr(Con).

583 F.3d 126 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jaime Enrique ROMERO-PADILLA, Defendant-Appellant, Juan Carlos Cardona, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Young (Joyce C. London, on the brief) Joyce C. London, P.C., New York, NY, for Jaime Enrique RomeroPadila.

Marc P. Berger, Assistant United States Attorney (Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kevin R. Puvalowski, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for appellee.

Before: CALABRESI, CABRANES, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, we consider principally whether 21 U.S.C. § 959(a) requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant knew or intended that a substance manufactured or distributed in violation of that Section would be unlawfully imported into the United States.

BACKGROUND

On May 4, 2006, a grand jury indicted defendant-appellant Jaime Enrique Romero-Padilla1 and six other individuals for conspiring...

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