Defendant’s conviction for conspiring to transport women in interstate and foreign commerce for the purpose of prostitution is reversed where the district court erred in failing to instruct the jury that defendant had to know that the women were transported in interstate commerce to be guilty of the offense.
Read US v. Shim, No. 08-1834
Appellate Information
Argued: May 12, 2009
Decided: October 8, 2009
Judges
Per Curiam
Counsel
For Appellants:
Susan C. Wolfe, Hoffman & Pollok, LLP, New York, NY
For Appellee:
Elie Honig, Andrew L. Fish, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY
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