United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction for attempting to acquire and export riflescopes to Indonesia without a license, under 22 U.S.C. section 2778, is reversed where the evidence was insufficient to show, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Defendant knew that the scopes required export licenses.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/15/2009
• Decided 06/15/2009
• Published 06/15/2009

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Meredith P. Duchemin, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Alan G. Habermehl, Attorney, Kelly & Habermehl, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.