U.S. v. MUNOZ-TELLO

No. 07-2007.

531 F.3d 1174 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Israel MUNOZ-TELLO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Gandert, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant.

David N. Williams, Assistant United States Attorney (Larry Gomez, Acting United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MURPHY, EBEL and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Before daybreak on February 23, 2006, Defendant-Appellant Israel Munoz-Tello ("Munoz") rolled the Chevrolet Suburban he was driving on a New Mexico highway. With Munoz in the vehicle were eleven unlawful aliens bound for Atlanta, Georgia. Four of his passengers died; several others suffered severe injuries. As a result, a federal grand jury indicted Munoz, charging him with seven violations of immigration laws barring the transport of illegal...

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