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Ratzlaf Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 11, 1994

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  5. Ratzlaf v. United
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  6. States - 510 U.S. 135 (1994) October Term, 1993 Syllabus Ratzlaf Et Ux. V. United
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  7. Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging reversal. 1 Compare, e. g., United States v. Scanio
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  8. s willfulness requirement), with United States v. Aversa
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  9. be heightened when the words describe an element of a criminal offense. See Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Welfare v. Davenport
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  10. cf. Potter v. United
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  11. Spies v. United
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  12. See United States v. Bank
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  13. United States v. Eisenstein
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  14. s knowledge of the reporting requirement and his specific intent to commit the crime''') (quoting United States v. Granda
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  15. See, e. g., United States v. Sturman
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  16. voluntary, intentional violation of a known legal duty''') (quoting Cheek v. United
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  17. United States v. Warren
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  18. United States v. Dichne
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  19. be negated by, e. g., proof that defendant relied in good faith on advice of counsel. See United States v. Eisenstein
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  20. in several places in a statutory text is generally read the same way each time it appears. See Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos
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  21. a), the same way each time it is called into play. See United States v. Aversa
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  22. has been adopted, it has been invoked only to ensure that the defendant acted with a wrongful purpose. See Liparota v. United
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  23. the United States asserts. Id., at 29 (quoting United States v. Hoyland
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  24. United States v. Aversa
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  25. example, absent special exemption, would be subject to prosecution. Tr. of Oral Arg. 32-34. 13See United States v. Dollar
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  26. But the legislative history cited by the United States is hardly crystalline. The reference to United States v. Tobon-Builes
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  27. we would resolve any doubt in favor of the defendant. Hughey v. United
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  28. Crandon v. United
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  29. the subsection under which Ratzlaf was convicted, is not evident. 18 See Barnhill v. Johnson
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  30. appeals to legislative history are well taken only to resolve statutory ambiguity). See also United States v. Aversa
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  31. text is ambiguous''') (quoting Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath
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  32. intent at any time, and it surely affords no reliable guide to Congress' intent in 1986. See Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans
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  33. quoting McBoyle v. United
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  34. not dishonor the venerable principle that ignorance of the law generally is no defense to a criminal charge. See Cheek v. United
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  35. Barlow v. United
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  36. knowledge on defendant's part by drawing reasonable inferences from the evidence of defendant's conduct, see Spies v. United
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  37. United States v. Bank
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  38. or 5316. See, e. g., United States v. Dichne
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  39. Cheek v. United
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  40. Ibid., citing United States v. International
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  41. Hamling v. United
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  42. and Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United
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  43. see also Browder v. United
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  44. Potter v. United
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  45. American Surety Co. of New York v. Sullivan
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  46. requirement superfluous. See ante, at 140. This argument ignores the general- 3 See United States v. Scanio
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  47. United States v. Shirk
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  48. United States v. Rogers
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  49. United States v. Beaumont
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  50. United States v. Baydoun
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