United States v. Roberto Puente

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Roberto Puente, Sr., appeals his convictions on four counts of knowingly making a false material declaration to a grand jury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623(a). We affirm.

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Just before midnight on August 25,1984, the Eagle Pass Police Department received a report of a fire at the Winter Garden Auto Supply Company owned by appellant’s family in Eagle Pass, Texas; this fire completely destroyed the building.

In April 1986, Puente testified before a federal grand jury empaneled to investigate possible violations of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i) 1 in connection with this fire.…