United States v. Placido Cabral, Etc.

GARCÍ A-GRE GORY, District Judge.

Plácido Cabral was convicted, following a jury trial, for attempting to re-enter the United States after having been previously arrested and deported, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. On appeal, Cabral argues that the district court erred in denying his motion for acquittal because he did not attempt to re-enter the United States, and because he lacked a specific intent to do so, as the statute allegedly requires. Cabral also contends that the district court erred by failing to instruct the jury on specific intent as an element of the offense. We affirm.

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