Legal Opinion

United States v. Carmen Denise Heredia

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 30, 2007No. 19-15611PublishedCited by 136 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI; Concurrence by Judge KLIENFELD; Dissent by Judge GRABER.

*917ORDER AND AMENDED OPINION

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

Footnote 4 of the opinion in this case, filed April 2, 2007, is amended to read as follows:

As our cases have recognized, deliberate ignorance, otherwise known as willful blindness, is categorically different from negligence or recklessness. See, e.g., United States v. Fulbright, 105 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.1997); United States v. Sanchez-Robles, 927 F.2d 1070, 1073 (9th Cir.1991). A willfully blind defendant is one who took deliberate actions to avoid…

2Cases cited44 opinions

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  5. Jones v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002

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3Cited by136 opinions

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