United States v. Stefan E. Brodie

OPINION OF THE COURT

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Stefan E. Brodie was found guilty by a jury of conspiring to trade with Cuba in violation of the American Cuban embargo currently in place under the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 (“TWEA”) and the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (“CACRs”). The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, ruling on a previously reserved motion for judgment of acquittal, thereafter acquitted the Defendant on the ground that there was insufficient evidence of his knowing and willful participation in the charged…