Legal Opinion
United States v. Adan Gutierrez-Mendez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 12, 2014No. 12-40709PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
A jury found Adan Gutierrez-Mendez guilty of conspiring to harbor illegal aliens and harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage or private financial gain. He appeals, challenging the admission of certain bad-act evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), the sufficiency of the evidence, and the sentence. We affirm.
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Two illegal aliens, Ada Coronado-Perez and Otilia Sebastian-Ramirez, testified that in early 2011, they paid to be smuggled into the United States. They were given the password Parajon in case they were questioned while traveling. Upon…
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