United States v. Noemi Duarte Freeman

HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

Noemi Freeman was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 by conspiring to illegally import Amazon parrots from Mexico to the United States of America; 18 U.S.C. § 545 by receiving the parrots; and 16 U.S.C. § 1538(c)(1) by possessing the parrots. We are asked to review the sufficiency of the evidence supporting Freeman’s convictions, and to review the district court’s denial of her motion for a new trial based upon newly discovered evidence. For the following reasons, we affirm her convictions and sentence.

I. Background

Noemi Freeman owns and operates a large aviary…