United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for bringing illegal aliens to the United States for financial gain is reversed where the district court erred by giving a jury instruction that relieved the government of its burden of proving one of the elements of the offense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/18/2005
• Decided 06/14/2005
• Published 06/14/2005

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge., Before TASHIMA and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and COLLINS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Steven F. Hubachek, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, William P. Cole, Assistant United States Attorney and Larry E.Spong, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.