West, etc. v. Tedder

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “brings to” offense “ends when the person who transports the aliens to the country terminates his act of transportation and drops off the aliens in the United States”
• holding that the “brings to” offense “terminates when the initial transporter who brings the alien to the United States drops off the alien at a location in this country”
• providing that transportation of an illegal alien “continues during the duration of the act of transportation.”
• “[W]e have stated that an abettor is one who, with mens rea commands, counsels or otherwise encourages the perpetrator to commit the crime.” (simplified)
• “It is clear that under certain circumstances a defendant who does not physically transport aliens across the border may be held criminally liable for aiding and abetting a ‘brings to’ 36 Case: 17-15405 Date Filed: 08/13/2020 Page: 37 of 57 offense.”
• en 28 /// 1 banc

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).