United States v. Caraballo-Rodriguez

On May 24, 2001, Osvaldo Caraballo-Rodriguez learned of a conspiracy to commit drug trafficking. That same day, Car-aballo contacted the DEA and told them about the conspiracy, but refused to give his name or those of the other participants in the conspiracy. Caraballo was then convicted, by guilty plea, of misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4. Because partial but truthful disclosure of one’s knowledge of a criminal activity is insufficient to sustain a conviction for misprision, I must respectfully dissent.

I. The Supplemental Appendix

Before I reach the substance of Carabal-lo’s appeal, I…