United States v. Maria Guadalupe Devalle

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Maria Guadalupe DeValle (DeValle) was convicted, following a jury trial, of conspiring, from February 6, 1988 to February 29, 1988, to transport an alien illegally within the United States, contrary to 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(B), and to harbor and shield from detection the same alien, contrary to 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(C), all in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (count one), and of the substantive offenses of transporting a specified alien from Brownsville to Houston on February 28, 1988, contrary to 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(B) (count two), and of concealing,…