United States v. Deverso

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “the Constitution does not mandate a mistake of age defense under § 2251”
• holding that the district court did not err in refusing to give a mistake-of-age-defense jury instruction because \knowledge of age is not an element of [§ 2251(c)]\
• explaining that a defendant has no right to a mistake-of-age defense or instruction when \knowledge of [the victim's] age is not an element of [the] offense\
• stating that defendant’s challenge to the reliability of information contained in victim’s birth certificate goes to the weight of the evidence, not its admissibility
• reviewing admission of evidence for plain error where objection to authenticity made at trial was different from objection proffered on appeal
• regarding Rule 902(3), “the rules require that one of a specified group of foreign officials must issue a final certification”

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