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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THIAN TEH, Defendant-Appellant. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
No. 05-90012-001—Marianne O. Battani, District Judge.
Argued: October 24, 2007
Decided and Filed: July 31, 2008
Before: MARTIN, GIBBONS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. After importing counterfeit DVDs, DVD labels, and DVD packages into the United States, Thian Teh was indicted and found guilty of “fraudulently or knowingly import[ing]. . . merchandise contrary to law” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 545. On appeal, Teh contends that (1) the indictment did not give proper notice of the elements of the charged offense, (2) the section under which he was charged, 18 U.S.C. § 545, cannot be used to charge importation contrary to the copyright laws, and (3) the evidence before the district court was insufficient to prove a violation of § 545. We affirm Teh’s conviction.