U.S. v. GASTELUM-ALMEIDA

No. 01-50426.

298 F.3d 1167 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricardo GASTELUM-ALMEIDA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yolanda M. Barrera, Arcadia, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Andrea L. Russi, Assistant United States Attorney, Appeals Section, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: HUG, FARRIS and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

FARRIS, Circuit Judge.

Ricardo Gastelum-Almeida held up a van that was smuggling aliens from Mexico to the United States, ejected the smugglers, and extorted fees from the aliens. He appeals his conviction and sentence for the charges related to these events and his status as an illegal alien found in the country following deportation. We affirm.

Gastelum-Almeida chose to go to trial on the six counts of the second superseding indictment...

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