· 3/21/2003
United States v. Julio Villarce
Citations
- 323 F.3d 435
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 5467
- 2003 WL 1389101
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Apprendi does not require proof of knowledge or intent with respect to drug type and quantity.”
- “The government need not prove mens rea as to the type and quantity of the drugs in order to establish a violation of § 841.” (cleaned up)
- also observing that “drug type and quantity are irrelevant to the mens rea element of § 841(a), which requires nothing more specific than an intent to distribute a controlled substance.” (citations omitted)
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Nelson, Cole, Gilman
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