United States v. Galimah, No. 13-2398 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction for smuggling firearms out of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 554. The court found that the district court did not abuse its discretion in submitting a jury instruction on deliberate indifference. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. In a prosecution for smuggling firearms out of the U.S. in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 554, the district court did not err in instructing the jury that the government could meet its burden of proving that defendant knowingly violated the law by showing deliberate ignorance or willful blindness.
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