United States v. Melvin Hillman

ORDER

A jury found Melvin Hillman (also known as Habib Jimananu-Bey) 1 guilty of falsely pretending to be a diplomat, 18 U.S.C. § 915, and of wrongfully affixing the seal of the Department of Justice to a fake identification card, 18 U.S.C. § 1017. The district court sentenced him to two years’ probation. On appeal Bey challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions under § 915 and § 1017. Because the evidence shows that Bey falsely impersonated a diplomat and wrongfully used a copy of the Department of Justice’s seal on a false identification card, we affirm.

We recite…