United States Eleventh Circuit

Conviction of alien resident for improperly voting in a federal election in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 611(a) is affirmed over claims that: 1) section 611(a) is unconstitutional because it fails to incorporate a mens rea, and the district court improperly incorporated a general intent mens rea into the offense; and 2) instructions given to the grand jury that indicted defendant violated the Fifth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/03/2007
• Published 07/03/2007

Judges

• SILER, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, FAY and SILER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bernardo Lopez, Martin John Bidwell, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Kathleen M. Williams, Richard C. Klugh, Jr., Fed. Pub. Defenders, Miami, FL, for Knight., Lisa T. Rubio, Anne R. Schultz, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kathleen M. Salyer, Miami, FL, Phillip DiRosa, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for U.S.