United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction for concealing, harboring, or shielding from detection illegal aliens and hiring illegal aliens is affirmed where: 1) the district court's supplemental jury instruction on the meaning of "shielding" was not erroneous; and 2) the evidence was sufficient to prove defendant intended to prevent government authorities from detecting the presence of the illegal aliens.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/20/2009
• Decided 11/17/2009
• Published 11/17/2009

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William C. Brown (argued), Department of Justice, Criminal Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Patrick J. Chesley, Gregory K. Harris, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Daniel L. Fultz, Fultz Law Office, Springfield, IL, Jon G. Noll, Springfield, IL, Scott J. Vold (argued), Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.