Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramon Gonzalez-Chavez
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1997No. 97-1094PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Ramon Gonzalez-Chavez was convicted, following a jury trial, of being found in the United States without lawful permission after having been previously arrested and deported, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) (1994). On appeal, Gonzalez-Chavez argues that the District Court 1 erred by prohibiting him from presenting evidence of his good faith belief that he could lawfully reenter the United States after his deportation. He also argues that the District Court’s exclusion of this evidence amounted to a denial of his constitutional right to testify on his behalf. We affirm.
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