Legal Opinion
United States v. Alessandro Moncini, Aka: Sandro Moncini
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1989No. 88-5286PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Alessandro Moncini, a citizen and resident of Italy, appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a) for mailing child pornography from Italy to an undercover officer in the United States. He raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court lacked jurisdiction over him; (2) whether the government should have been required to prove that he knew he was violating American law, or, in the alternative, whether the district court should have recognized ignorance of the law as an affirmative defense; and (3) whether the district court erred in finding that he…
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