In what circumstances will a court treat contraband cigarette trafficking as a specific intent crime?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Baker, 63 F.3d 1478 (9th Cir. 1995):
23 Hale argued, in addition, that based on Ratzlaf v. United States, which was decided after his trial, contraband cigarette trafficking should be treated as a specific intent crime. We considered and rejected this argument in section (4) supra.
24 Hale made no objection at trial to the instructions given to the jury.
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