United States v. Emma F. Lopez

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Emma F. Lopez, pleaded guilty in' February 1980 to a one-count violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1425 which proscribes the knowing procurement of any certificate or other evidence of citizenship for any person not entitled thereto. She was given a suspended sentence and five years’ supervised probation. After her probation was revoked in February 1982, she filed a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 which the district court denied. Lopez has filed a timely appeal. We affirm.

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Emma Lopez was a midwife in Laredo, Texas, for thirty-four years. As part…