U.S. v. ALVARADO-MACHADO

No. 88-1307.

867 F.2d 209 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorenzo ALVARADO-MACHADO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santiago Salinas, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

J. Michael Worley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

On November 28, 1987, Lorenzo Alvarado-Machado (Alvarado) was arrested by INS agents. Alvarado was in the company of five persons identified by the INS as illegal aliens. He was indicted and convicted for transporting these "passengers" in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(B) (Supp. IV 1986).1 Alvarado now appeals his conviction on all five counts.

Four of the passengers testified at Alvarado...

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