United States v. Sergio Ramos-Atondo

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a defendant’s prior conviction for smuggling undocumented immigrants demonstrated knowledge of cross-border smuggling procedures, which was evidence relevant to marijuana smuggling charges
• holding that a limiting instruction minimized the “practical prejudice” of Rule 404(b) evidence
• determining that “the conviction was also relevant to show a modus operandi of smuggling involving use of open panga boats that were to be unloaded on a dark beach in early morning hours”
• upholding admission of evidence of prior alien smuggling as relevant in drug smuggling case
• rejecting appellants’ argument that “it is impossible to conspire to be deliberately ignorant” and holding that “the Jewell standard eliminates the need to establish such positive knowledge to obtain a conspiracy conviction”
• affirming the use of a Jewell instruction as to a conspiracy charge

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