United States v. Silveus

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a touchstone of Section 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii)’s “in furtherance of’ language is intent
• noting that “cohabitation with [an alien lacking lawful immigration status], taken alone, does not constitute „harboring‟ within the meaning of the statute”
• ruling that an appellate court exercises “plenary review over a [trial] court’s grant or denial of a motion for acquittal based on the sufficiency of the evidence, applying the same standard as the [trial] court.
• discussing similar test for illegally transporting an alien under 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(ii)
• explaining a Court may grant a new trial “only if it believes that there is a serious danger that a miscarriage of justice has occurred—that is, that an innocent person has been convicted.” (internal citation omitted)
• holding evidence must rise above mere speculation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).