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Federal law prohibits "willingly and knowingly" taking cash in excess of $10,000 from the U.S. into a foreign country without first reporting the transaction in detail. An owner of a Detroit drug store takes his gross cash receipts each week into a city in Canada where he lives and does his banking. The office of the Deputy Atty. General learned that the owner was doing this, and indicted him on 10 counts of "willingly and knowingly" taking cash over $10,000 into a foreign country without reporting it. The owner's main defense is that he did not know of the law or that he was breaking it. The trial judge instructed the jury that mistake of law is no defense. He was convicted and appealed. Will the federal appellate court likely reverse the conviction?
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Federal law prohibits "willingly and knowingly" taking cash in excess of $10,000 from the U.S. into a foreign country without first reporting the transaction in detail. An owner of a Detroit drug store takes his gross cash receipts each week into a city in Canada where he lives and does his banking. The office of the Deputy Atty. General learned that the owner was doing this, and indicted him on 10 counts of "willingly and knowingly" taking cash over $10,000 into a foreign country without reporting it. The owner's main defense is that he did not know of the law or that he was breaking it. The trial judge instructed the jury that mistake of law is no defense. He was convicted and appealed. Will the federal appellate court likely reverse the conviction?
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Federal law prohibits "willingly and knowingly" taking cash in excess of $10,000 from the U.S. into a foreign country without first reporting the transaction in detail. An owner of a Detroit drug store takes his gross cash receipts each week into a city in Canada where he lives and does his banking. The office of the Deputy Atty. General learned that the owner was doing this, and indicted him on 10 counts of "willingly and knowingly" taking cash over $10,000 into a foreign country without reporting it. The owner's main defense is that he did not know of the law or that he was breaking it. The trial judge instructed the jury that mistake of law is no defense. He was convicted and appealed. Will the federal appellate court likely reverse the conviction?

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  1. No, because the owner's habitual actions imply intent to avoid reporting the cash.
  2. No, the practice is so dangerous to the public interest that knowledge and specific intent are not required.
  3. Yes, because willfulness clause requires proof of both knowledge of the law and a specific intent to commit the crime.
  4. No, willfulness and knowledge are inferred by the habitual practice of transporting the cash.
  5. Yes, because the owner was not intentionally breaking the law, he was simply unaware of it.
  6. No, because ignorance of the law is not a valid defense.
  7. Yes, because the owner is not a resident of the U.S. and therefore not subject to its laws.
  8. No, because the owner is a business operator and therefore should be aware of such laws.
  9. Yes, because treaties with Canada make all such reporting laws unenforceable.
  10. Yes, because the owner was not given a fair chance to defend himself in court.

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