United States v. Stanford Champegnie

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “good faith or mistaken belief” was not a defense to a general-intent crime where “[t]he statute contain[ed] no language requiring proof of a particular mental state”
• holding intent to reenter United States sufficient mens rea for attempted reentry despite common law’s history of requiring specific intent for attempt crimes
• holding intent to reenter United States sufficient mens rea for attempted reentry despite common law’s history of requiring specific intent for attempt crimes
• holding \that a good faith or mistake defense does not exist under Section 1326\
• observing that § 1326 “contains no language requiring proof of a particular mental state”
• “[T]o prove a violation of Section 1326 ... [the government] need prove only that the previously deported alien intended to reenter the United States.”

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