United States v. Amelia Barajas-Montiel

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing the absence of fingerprints as indicating a lack of possession
• explaining that “[c]ases in which a defendant knowingly transported an alien without permission to enter into the United States, and did so for financial gain, but did not intend to violate immigration laws, would be rare[ ]”
• recognizing the absence of fingerprints as indicating a lack of possession
• noting that despite lack of such an instruction, “the evidence presented at trial overwhelmingly demonstrated that the alien smuggling scheme in this case was conducted in knowing violation of the immigration laws, and that [the defendant’s] involvement was substantial[]”
• no serious question as to integrity of proceedings where evidence overwhelmingly demonstrated the intent erroneously omitted from instructions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).