U.S. v. BAZ

No. 05-2106.

442 F.3d 1269 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rodrigo Gabriel BAZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jess R. Lilley Law Offices, Las Cruces, NM, for the Defendant-Appellant.

Richard C. Williams, Assistant United States Attorney (David C. Iglesias, United States Attorney, with him on the brief) Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HARTZ, SEYMOUR, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.


McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the propriety of instructing the jury on deliberate ignorance as a means of proving that the Defendant knowingly possessed with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.

I. Background

In February, 2004, a flight club member in San Diego, California, alerted law enforcement regarding unusual flight patterns reflected in the flight logs of Defendant-Appellant Rodrigo Gabriel Baz, who had rented...

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