United States v. Villanueva-Sotelo

*1236Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

The federal “[aggravated identity theft” statute imposes two additional years of imprisonment on any person who during the commission of an enumerated felony “knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person.” 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(l). The question before us is this: to obtain a conviction under section 1028A(a)(l), must the government prove the defendant knew the “means of identification” he “transfer[red],…