U.S. v. GUTIERREZ-MENDEZ

No. 12-40709.

752 F.3d 418 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adan GUTIERREZ-MENDEZ, also known as Adan Gutierrez, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauretta Drake Bahry , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas, Renata Ann Gowie , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Carmen Castillo Mitchell (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Yolanda Evette Jarmon (arguing), Esq. , Law Office of Yolanda Jarmon, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JONES, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

A jury found Adan Gutierrez-Mendez guilty of conspiring to harbor illegal aliens and harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage or private financial gain. He appeals, challenging the admission of certain bad-act evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), the sufficiency of the evidence, and the sentence. We affirm.

I.

Two illegal aliens, Ada Coronado-Perez and Otilia...

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