United States Ninth Circuit

Statements by an illegal alien, pertaining to birth and citizenship, made 1) to an INS agent while the alien was incarcerated on charges unrelated to immigration status, and 2) to a police officer after deportation and re-entry (again on charges unrelated to immigrant status), were properly admitted in a conviction for being found in the U.S. after deportation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2002
• Decided 06/21/2002
• Published 06/21/2002

Judges

• Before: PREGERSON, RYMER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Maria E. Stratton, Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Tammy C. Spertus, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.