United States v. Martinez-Vives

STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Luis Martínez-Vives (“Martinez”) appeals his conviction and sentence for transporting illegal aliens, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324. He argues that the district judge’s instructions to the jury deprived him of a fair trial; that the judge’s limitation of his counsel’s questions deprived him of his right to effective cross-examination of witnesses; and that his sentence was unreasonable. We affirm.

I. Background

Early in the morning on November 27, 2004, Martinez, along with Ismael Curet-Torres (“Curet”) and Aristides Jovanny Cruz-Alemn (“Cruz”), an undocumented…