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Khanani: "Proceeds" are not proceeds of the labor

By Tim Cone

In U.S. v. Khanani, No. 05-11689 (Oct. 2, 2007), the Court affirmed the judgments of defendants convicted of encouraging unauthorized aliens to reside in the United States, and of harboring these aliens. The Court also affirmed the district court?s entry of a judgment of acquittal on the money laundering counts. The case arose out of the defendant?s employment of illegal aliens in their jeans retail stores.The Court found no error in the district court?s refusal to instruct the jury that "mere employment" of illegal aliens would not suffice to establish guilt of harboring illegal aliens. The Court found that the instructions that were given were already adequate to describe the offense, and that no further instruction was required.The Court also rejected the argument that the search of the computers at the defendants businesses violated the Fourth Amendment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Defense Newsletter Blog on October 02, 2007 (boomark / email).