United States v. Joga Singh Johal

How courts have described this case

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• holding that section 841(c)(2) requirement of knowledge or “reasonable cause to believe” imposes a mens rea requirement
• holding that section 841(c)(2) requirement of knowledge or “reasonable cause to believe” imposes a mens rea requirement
• holding that “the reduction is inappropriate where the defendant does not admit that he or she had the intent to commit the crime”
• noting that the defendant knew the undercover agent wanted pseudoephedrine because “he was a cook” and “wanted to make crystal”
• noting that the defendant knew the undercover agent wanted pseudoephedrine because “he was a cook” and “wanted to make crystal”
• rejecting argument that section 841(c)(2) puts unwitting store clerk at risk of going to prison simply for selling decongestants containing pseudoephedrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).