Opinion ID: 765432
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Heading: Specific Intent Under Section 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) &

Text: 31 (v)(II) 32 Barajas also contends that the jury instructions were insufficient regarding counts eight through thirteen, for violation of 8 U.S.C. S 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) and (v)(II), because they lacked an intent instruction. Barajas was charged as both an aider and abetter and a principal under this statute, which requires that the defendant knew that the alien was illegal and intended to further the alien's illegal presence in the United States. 8 The instruction given inthis case required the jury to find that the defendant knowingly transported or moved or attempted to transport or move the alien in order to help the alien remain in the United States illegally. 9 This instruction required the jury to find criminal intent, and we therefore affirm Barajas's conviction on these counts.