U.S. v. FORBES

No. 93-1371.

16 F.3d 1294 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Robert FORBES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Sidney Lester with whom Lester, Hubbert & Gill, P.C. was on brief for appellant.

Edwin O. Vazquez, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, were on brief for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Robert George Forbes appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation, 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We affirm.

I. Factual Background

In August 1992, Robert George Forbes, a Jamaican citizen, was deported from New York to Jamaica. The following month, Forbes attempted to reenter the United States with a false passport that had been altered to include his picture. A federal...

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