US v. Ye, No. 08-1333
Defendant's conviction for concealing, harboring, or shielding from detection illegal aliens and hiring illegal aliens is affirmed where: 1) the district court's supplemental jury instruction on the meaning of "shielding" was not erroneous; and 2) the evidence was sufficient to prove defendant intended to prevent government authorities from detecting the presence of the illegal aliens.
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Decided November 17, 2009
Judges
Before: Bauer, Manion, and Sykes, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Manion, Circuit Judge