Legal Opinion
United States v. Citlalli Flores
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 23, 2015No. 14-50027PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
Citlalli Flores appeals her conviction and sentence for importation of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. Although we find merit in her claims of prosecutorial misconduct, the misconduct does not rise to the level of plain error. Flores’s remaining claims of error lack merit. Accordingly, we affirm her conviction and sentence.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On the evening of June 21, 2012, Flores was stopped by Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) Officer Benjamin Brown as she entered the United States following a day trip to Tijuana,…
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