United States v. Luis Ruiz-Lopez

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Luis Ruiz-Lopez, convicted of illegal reentry following deportation under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b), seeks a judgment of acquittal. He claims that the government did not present evidence sufficient to prove his alienage beyond a reasonable doubt. Because we conclude that sufficient evidence supported the jury’s finding of alienage, we affirm the district court’s denial of a judgment of acquittal.

I

In December 2002, Ruiz-Lopez was interviewed in the Solano County Jail in Fairfield, California by Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Agent Axel Sauter. From 1997 to…