Legal Opinion
United States v. Esparza
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 20, 2012No. 10-20705PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Juan Isais Esparza appeals his conviction for illegal reentry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1326. The sole issue before us is whether the record evidence is sufficient to justify the trial judge’s conclusion that Esparza was an alien at the time of his reentry. We find that the record evidence is sufficient to conclude that Esparza was an alien. We also find that the nunc pro tunc divorce decree obtained in 2010 purporting to retroactively rearrange Esparza’s custody status in 1994 does not raise a reasonable doubt as to his alienage. Esparza’s conviction is…
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