UNITED STATES v. HERRERA

No. 78-5389.

600 F.2d 502 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rosario Maxine Romero HERRERA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucien B. Campbell, Federal Public Defender, Harry Lee Hall, Asst. Federal Public Defender, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SIMPSON, TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Rosario Maxine Romero Herrera appeals her conviction on all four counts of an indictment charging the illegal transportation of aliens within the United States. 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2) (1976).1 Herrera contends that the district court committed reversible error by improperly restricting the evidence produced in support of her defense of duress and in excluding evidence that enhanced her credibility. We hold that...

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