The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Price, 921 F.3d 777 (9th Cir. 2019):
Rodriguez 's presumption that disparate inclusion or exclusion of statutory language is intentional, ... reinforces the conclusion that knowingly in section 2242(2) applies to the victim-incapacity element of the offense." Id. at 760. The court went on to say:
Id. (quoting Bennett v. Spear , 520 U.S. 154, 173, 117 S.Ct. 1154, 137 L.Ed.2d 281 (1997) ).
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