United States v. Ramon Falu

How courts have described this case

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

• “This construction of [section 860(a) ] does not criminalize otherwise innocent activity, since the statute incorporates section 841(a)(1), which already contains a mens rea requirement....”
• schoolyard statute makes no exception to the general rule that aiders and abettors are punishable as principals
• Federal Schoolyard statute will not be read to require proof of knowledge of proximity to a school for a conviction under the statute
• Federal School yard statute will not be read to require proof of knowledge of proximity to a school for a conviction under the statute
• “[Section 860(a)] contains no express mens rea requirement for the distance element of the offense.”
• “This construction of [section 860(a)] does not criminalize otherwise innocent activity, since the statute incorporates section 841(a)(1), which already contains a mens rea requirement . . ..”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).