United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for illegally attempting to enter the United States is affirmed where defendant's admission of alienage was sufficiently corroborated by the testimony of witnesses who observed him climbing over the border fences from Mexico.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/06/2009
• Decided 08/04/2009
• Published 08/04/2009

Judges

• Before;  JOHN T. NOONAN, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James M. Chavez, San Diego, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• George V. Manahan, San Diego, CA, for the appellee.