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U.S. v. ARAIZA-JACOBO

No. 17-40958.

917 F.3d 360 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Martin ARAIZA-JACOBO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed February 28, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Richard Berry , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Kayla R. Gassmann , Evan Gray Howze , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, DUNCAN, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.

Martin Araiza-Jacobo was caught attempting to cross the United States border carrying two bags of hard candies impregnated with over 5.1 kilograms of methamphetamine. The central issue at Araiza-Jacobo's criminal trial was whether he knew what he was really carrying. The district court instructed the jury it could...

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