United States Third Circuit

Conviction for for shielding illegal aliens is reversed where defendant's conduct did not meet the requirements of the test established in Ozcelik and thus there is no evidence from which a reasonable juror could infer that defendant's actions constituted substantial facilitation of the women's remaining in the United States illegally.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/23/2009
• Decided 07/10/2009
• Published 07/10/2009

Judges

• Before:  BARRY, HARDIMAN and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Darren John Baptiste (Argued), St. Thomas, VI, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ishmael A. Meyers, Jr. (Argued), Office of United States Attorney, St. Thomas USVI, for Appellee.