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United States v. Araiza-Jacobo

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 28, 2019No. 17-40958PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STUART KYLE DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

Martin Araiza-Jacobo was caught attempting to cross the United States border carrying two bags of hard candies impregnated with over 5.1 kilograms of methamphetamine. The central issue at Araiza-Jacobo's criminal trial was whether he knew what he was really carrying. The district court instructed the jury it could find Araiza-Jacobo had culpable knowledge if he had been "deliberately ignorant" of the disguised drugs. "We have often cautioned against the use of the deliberate ignorance instruction," United States v. Oti , 872 F.3d 678, 697 (5th Cir. 2017),…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. United States v. Uriel Lara-VelasquezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  2. United States v. Jose Angel Diaz-CarreonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  3. United States v. Arthur C. Bieganowski, M.D., Richard J. Goldberg, C.P.A., Gustavo Diaz, and Jesse Jaime LopezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. CasillaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  5. United States v. ThreadgillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. Chia LeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
  2. United States v. CrittendenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2022
  3. United States v. Samuel CrittendenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
  4. United States v. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2023
  5. United States v. Carlos VenegasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020

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