United States v. Rodriguez-Rios
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Today we overrule the “exculpatory no” exception to 18 U.S.C. § 1001 as the law in this circuit. We therefore affirm the conviction of Zacarías Rodriguez-Rios (“Rodriguez”) of one count of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent representation of a material fact in violation of § 1001.
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We take the following facts from the panel opinion, United States v. Rodriguez-Rios, 991 F.2d 167 (5th Cir.1993). Rodriguez was viewed by a United States customs agent as he was exiting an airplane at the airport in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Rodriguez placed a suitcase in the…
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