United States v. Terrazas

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge.

Defendant Jose Terrazas (“Defendant”) has been indicted and charged with making false statements in a 2006 application for naturalization and during his citizenship interview in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1015(a). According to the indictment, Defendant falsely represented, inter alia, that he had never been arrested or convicted of a crime when, in fact, he had been arrested on four occasions between 1976 and 1993, these arrests leading to two convictions. 1

Under 18 U.S.C. § 1015(a), “[w]hoever knowingly makes any false statement…