The Seventh Circuit has certified the following question to the Kentucky Supreme Court: does Section 514.110 of Kentucky law (receipt of stolen property) requires something less than a subjective knowledge or belief that the property was stolen? More specifically, could a Kentucky jury convict a defendant under Section 514.110 merely by finding that a reasonable person would have known the property was stolen, even absent any evidence that the defendant deliberately avoided that knowledge? The answers to these questions will inform whether the conviction qualifies as an aggravated felony for immigration purposes.
The full text of Hassan v. Bondi can be found here: https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/OpinionsWeb/processWebInputExternal.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2026/D03-16/C:25-1049:J:Scudder:aut:T:op:N:3507655:S:0