U.S. v. VILLANUEVA-SOTELO

No. 07-3055.

515 F.3d 1234 (2008)

UNITED STATES Of America, Appellant v. Gustavo VILLANUEVA-SOTELO, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Chubin Epstein, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs were Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, Roy W. McLeese, III, Elizabeth Trosman, and Frederick W. Yette, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Steven R. Kiersh, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellee.

Before: HENDERSON and TATEL, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

The federal "[a]ggravated identity theft" statute imposes two additional years of imprisonment on any person who during the commission of an enumerated felony "knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person." 18 U.S.C...

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