Read US v. Valerio, 10-1994

In a prosecution on three counts of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, the convictions are affirmed, where: 1) there was sufficient evidence to convict on the identity theft count, as the combination of the birth certificate and the credit reports the defendant possessed was sufficient to allow a rational finder of fact to conclude that the defendant knew that the person whose birth certificate she possessed was in fact a real person; and 2) the defendant did not show that she was in any way prejudiced by her attorney's performance as trial counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2012
• Published 04/17/2012

Judges

• Torruella

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter J. Cyr, Vassili N. Thomadakis