Legal Opinion
United States v. George Jefferson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2015No. 13-50647PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge WARDLAW; Concurrence by Judge W. FLETCHER.
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
George Jefferson appeals his ten-year mandatory minimum sentence for knowingly and intentionally importing a controlled substance into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. We reject Jefferson’s argument that recent Supreme Court authority requires the government to prove that the defendant knew the specific type and quantity of the drugs he imported in order to trigger the ten-year mandatory minimum under 21 U.S.C. § 960(b)(1)(H). Accordingly, we affirm.
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Jefferson entered a guilty…
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