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· 8/31/2009

United States v. Pliego

Citations

  • 578 F.3d 938
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 19484
  • 2009 WL 2707453

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that district court did not (1) abuse its discretion in refusing to instruct the jury that knowledge of the victim's age is an element of the offense or (2
  • rejecting Ninth Circuit’s rationale for mistake of age defense and concluding that First Amendment does not require such a defense

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Judges: Smith, Shepherd, Limbaugh

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