Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 129 S.Ct. 1886 (May 4, 2009) (in order to convict defendant of aggravated identity theft, under 18 U.S.C. 1028A(a)(1), for "knowingly transfer[ring], possess[ing], or us[ing], without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person," for which a mandatory consecutive two-year sentence must be imposed upon conviction of another listed offense, government must prove that defendant knew that "means of identification" he or she unlawfully transferred, possessed, or used did, in fact, belong to another person: " As a matter of ordinary English grammar, it seems natural to read the statute's word "knowingly" as applying to all the subsequently listed elements of the crime."); abrogating United States v. Mendoza-Gonzalez, 520 F.3d 912, United States v. Hurtado, 508 F.3d 603, and United States v. Montejo, 442 F.3d 213.

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