United States Eleventh Circuit

The district court clearly erred when it concluded that defendant's giving a false name to a police officer was not an act taken "in the course of attempting to avoid detection or responsibility" for the offense of illegally being in the United States.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/02/2003
• Published 07/02/2003

Judges

• KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and KRAVITCH and GIBSON , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mildred Geckler Dunn, Stephanie Kearns and Timothy R. Saviello (Fed. Pub. Defenders), Fed. Def. Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant., Angela Marie Jordon, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.