Jin Worked on Technical Developments for Motorola

Multiple Choice

Jin worked on technical developments for Motorola. One year she took a leave of absence to return to her home country, China, to work for a year. After returning to Motorola, she downloaded thousands of documents, many of which involved trade secrets. She bought a one-way ticket to China and was arrested at the airport when she was about to go to China with the documents. She was convicted of theft and sentenced to four years in prison. The court of appeals held that she was:

A) ​improperly convicted as there was no evidence that the secrets had commercial value.
B) ​improperly convicted as she had the right to access such materials as a Motorola employee and had not delivered them to anyone else.
C) ​improperly convicted because she had no knowledge that the information had national security implications.
D) ​properly convicted.
E) ​none of the other choices are correct.