United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for illegal reentry into the U.S. is affirmed where: 1) 8 C.F.R. section 103.7(d) authorized Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to certify records or the non-existence of records; and 2) defendant's corroborated confession was sufficient evidence to support the jury verdict.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/12/2010
• Published 02/12/2010

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, BEAM, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carlos Javier Fajardo-Fajardo, Salters, SC, pro se., Ann M. Koszuth, Federal Public Defender's Office, argued, Springfield, MO, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven M. Mohlhenrich, U.S. Attorney's Office, argued, Springfield, MO, for Appellee.