United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction for knowingly acting in the U.S. as an agent of a foreign government is affirmed where: 1) the plain language of 18 U.S.C. section 951 and its corresponding regulations gave notice of what was prohibited and were readily understandable to a person of ordinary intelligence; 2) section 951's plain language made it clear that it was a general intent crime, as there was no mens rea element on the face of the statute; and 3) the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding evidence of mens rea to show that defendant and his co-conspirators did not know of the notification requirement under section 951.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/16/2010
• Published 02/16/2010

Judges

• WILSON, Circuit Judge:, Before WILSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel