UNITED STATES v. ACOSTA DE EVANS

No. 75-2381.

531 F.2d 428 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Margarita ACOSTA DE EVANS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. McInerney, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Terry J. Knoepp, U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee; Howard A. Allen, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief.

Before KOELSCH and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and ANDERSON, District Judge.


OPINION

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Margarita Acosta de Evans appeals from her conviction of having harbored an unauthorized alien, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(3). We affirm.

Background

On October 18, 1974, Border Patrol agents went to de Evans' apartment on a tip that unauthorized aliens were present there. They found and arrested four aliens who admitted that they were not legally admitted to the country. These four asserted...

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