Legal Opinion

United States v. Elizabeth Garcia De Nieto

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 30, 2019No. 16-51142PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Elizabeth Garcia De Nieto was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, mail fraud, and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft. De Nieto appeals, challenging the court's calculation of the loss amount, the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict that she aided and abetted aggravated identity theft, and the court's disqualification of her original attorney for conflict of interest. We affirm.

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De Nieto would send packages from her house in Mexico to her contacts in the United States, including numerous completed tax returns that had…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Rosemond v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  4. United States v. DelgadoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  5. George Guy Derden, III v. Sheriff Sammie McNeel and Attorney General--State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992

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