United States v. Hurtado

After a jury trial, Jairo Roberto Hurta-do appeals his two convictions for knowingly possessing and using, without lawful authority, the means of identification of another person during and in relation to the commission of another enumerated felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(l). Hurtado’s appeal presents two issues of first impression regarding the statutory interpretation of § 1028A(a)(l), namely whether § 1028A(a)(l) requires the government to prove (1) that Hurtado stole the identification of another person, in order to show the possession or use was “without lawful authority,”…