United States Tenth Circuit

A conviction for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and transporting illegal aliens is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court abused its discretion at trial by admitting a border patrol photograph taken at his arrest; and 2) insufficient evidence existed to support the convictions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2007
• Published 01/24/2007

Judges

• TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge., Before O'BRIEN, SEYMOUR, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:   James N. Langell, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Cruces, NM, for Defendant-Appellant., Terri J. Abernathy, Assistant United States Attorney, Las Cruces, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.