Legal Opinion
United States v. Edgar Alvirez, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2016No. 11-10244PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
Edgar Alvirez, Jr. (Alvirez) appeals his jury conviction and sentence for assault resulting in serious bodily injury on an Indian reservation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153 and 113(a)(6).
We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 to review the district court’s judgment. We conclude that the district court abused its discretion when it admitted the unauthenticated Certificate of Indian Blood as evidence to meet the elements of the governing statute. Accordingly, we reverse Alvirez’s conviction and remand for further proceedings. Because other issues…
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