United States v. Espinoza-Baza

OPINION

WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:

After a three-day jury trial in May 2009, Espinoza-Baza was convicted on two counts of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326, which prohibits a deported alien from reentering the United States without the consent of the United States Attorney General. Espinoza-Baza now appeals from his conviction and from his subsequent sentence of ninety-six months’ imprisonment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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Espinoza-Baza was born in Mexico on July 2, 1980. Three years later, his family relocated to the United States, where Espinoza-Baza resided…