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U.S. v. BROWN

No. 91-8167.

954 F.2d 1563 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carolyn BROWN, Richard Brown, Dorothy Lewis Brown, Rosa Brown, Shenita Jackson Brown, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip R. McCorkle, McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson, Savannah, Ga., for Carolyn Brown.

Neil A. Creasy, Adams, Gardner & Ellis, P.C., Savannah, Ga., for Richard Brown.

Harold R. Yellin, Savannah, Ga., for Rosa Brown.

Aron G. Weiner, Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenberg & Shawe, Savannah, Ga., for S. Jackson Brown.

John R. Calhoun, Calhoun and Associates, James C. Metts., Gregory N. Crawford, Savannah, Ga., for Dorothy Lewis Brown.

Lamar C. Walter, Asst. U.S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., for U.S.

Before FAY and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

As a matter of first impression in this circuit, we hold that the government is not required to prove that a defendant was aware of the illegality of money structuring in order to convict for that offense under 31 U.S.C. § 5324(3).

FACTS

Dorothy Brown (Dorothy), an unemployed public housing tenant, had tried unsuccessfully on two previous occasions to purchase property using various relatives as cosignatories or purported...

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