U.S. v. IBARRA-ZELAYA

No. 05-20115.

465 F.3d 596 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Marlon IBARRA-ZELAYA; Jose Efrain Linares-Tabora; Marvin Arturo Peralta-Ramirez; Henry Gutierrez-Andrade; Edy Guardado-Mezen; Elbin Geovany-Mezen, Defendants-Appellants,

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Lee Turner and Renata Ann Gowie (argued), Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S.

Adrian Almaguer (argued), Houston, TX, for Ibarra-Zelaya.

Lee Wilson (argued), Garcia & Wilson, Houston, TX, for Linares-Tabora.

Yolanda Daniel Coroy (argued), Houston, TX, for Peralta-Ramirez.

Kevin Matthew Hall (argued), Houston, TX, for Gutierrez-Andrade.

Mervyn M. Mosbacker, Jr. (argued), Mosbacker Law Office, Houston, TX, for Guardado-Mezen.

Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., Michael L. Herman (argued), Houston, TX, for Geovany-Mezen.

Before SMITH, WIENER, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

The six appellants in this case appeal their convictions and sentences for hostage taking, 18 U.S.C. § 1203(a), and smuggling of illegal aliens, 8 U.S.C. § 1324. All of the appellants appeal on various sufficiency of the evidence grounds, and some of them appeal on additional grounds, ranging from challenges to sentencing, improper denials of motions to suppress, and improper voir dire and jury instructions. For the following...

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