Legal Opinion

United States v. Sandra Ceballos

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 16, 2015No. 13-50786PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Sandra Lisseth Ceballos appeals her conviction for transporting, attempting to transport, and engaging in a conspiracy to transport an alien within the United States for private financial gain. She alleges a violation of her Sixth Amendment right of confrontation, the erroneous admission of evidence necessary to prove the financial-gain element of the offenses charged, and cumulative error that deprived her of a fair trial. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On December 18, 2012, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in El Paso discovered Abel Viera…

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