United States v. Laurel Joan Morris

HILL, Circuit Judge:

The appellant was convicted on one count of conspiracy to transport and two counts of transporting illegal aliens. 18 U.S.C. § 371 & 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2). She received a sentence of three years on each count, with one of the substantive counts to run consecutively with the other two counts. The acts of transporting were observed on the United States side of the Mexican border by federal agents who had received an informant’s tip.

In this appeal appellant raises two issues: (1) whether the district court erred by refusing to grant appellant’s motion for disclosure of the…