United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to carry a concealed dangerous weapon on an aircraft and for aiding and abetting the carrying of a concealed dangerous weapon on an aircraft, is affirmed where 49 U.S.C. section 46505, which prohibits carrying a "concealed dangerous weapon" on aircraft, is not unconstitutionally vague as applied to an airport employee who sneaks a pocketknife with a blade that is almost two-and-a-half inches past a security checkpoint and then gives it to a passenger who takes it aboard an airplane.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2012
• Published 12/05/2012

Judges

• Graber

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel