Diaz v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 20, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 20, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 602 U. S. Part 1 Pages 526–555 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 20, 2024 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus DIAZ v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 23–14. Argued March 19, 2024—Decided June 20, 2024 Petitioner Delilah Diaz was stopped at a port of entry on the United States-Mexico border. Border patrol offcers searched the car that Diaz was driving and found more than 54 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the vehicle. Diaz was charged with importing methamphetamine in violation of 21 U. S. C. §§ 952 and 960, charges that required the Govern- ment to prove that Diaz “knowingly” transported drugs. In her de- fense, Diaz claimed not to know that the drugs were hidden in the car. To rebut Diaz's claim, the Government planned to call Homeland Secu- rity Investigations Special Agent Andrew Flood as an expert witness to testify that drug traffckers generally do not entrust large quantities of drugs to people who are unaware they are transporting them. Diaz objected…
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