UNITED STATES v. QUINNONES

No. 20-2709.

16 F.4th 414 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Shawn Shannon QUINNONES, a/k/a Michael Murphy, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: October 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Zaleski , Robert A. Zauzmer [ARGUED], Office of United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Appellee.

Abigail E. Horn [ARGUED], Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 601 Walnut Street, The Curtis Center, Suite 540 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: SHWARTZ, RESTREPO, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In this case, we are required to determine whether assault by a prisoner under the portion of 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2703 that criminalizes "caus[ing] another to come into contact with [bodily] fluid" when the prisoner knew or should have known the fluid came from someone with a communicable disease is...

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