U.S. v. JENKINS

No. 06-50049.

494 F.3d 1135 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sharon Ann JENKINS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Castetter, Neville S. Hedley, Assistant United States Attorneys, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Martin G. Molina, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR. and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and SUZANNE B. CONLON, District Judge.


Opinion by Judge CANBY; Partial Dissent by Judge CONLON.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals the district court's dismissal of an indictment of Sharon Ann Jenkins for alien smuggling. The ground of dismissal was the appearance of vindictive prosecution.

Jenkins was apprehended twice for attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border while driving a vehicle containing undocumented aliens. Both times, Jenkins stated that she had been paid to...

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