Legal Opinion
United States v. Vielman Joya-Martinez, A/K/A Cesar Vielman Joya
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1991No. 90-5865PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Cesar Vielman Joya-Martinez, a former Salvadoran intelligence officer, was found guilty by a jury of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (1988), which prohibits an alien who has been arrested and deported from thereafter entering the United States without the express consent of the Attorney General. He was sentenced to six months in prison. On appeal, Joya-Martinez contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction, and (2) the district court erred in refusing to order an eviden-tiary hearing on his claim that his prosecution was selective,…
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