United States Ninth Circuit

Aiding and abetting is not a separate offense from the substantive offenses of alien smuggling and transportation of aliens, but rather a different theory of liability for the same offense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2005
• Decided 03/11/2005
• Published 03/11/2005

Judges

• RYMER, Circuit Judge., Before GOODWIN, FRANK J. MAGILL, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Todd W. Burns and Ramzi G. Nasser, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Joseph H. Huynh, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.