U.S. v. PEREZ-CEBALLOS

No. 18-40036.

907 F.3d 863 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Silvia Beatriz PEREZ-CEBALLOS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 30, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Carol Akins , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lynn Hardaway , Seth Kretzer , Law Offices of Seth Kretzer, Federico Reynal, Fertitta Reynal, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JONES, BARKSDALE, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.


Following a jury trial, appellant Perez-Ceballos was exonerated of money laundering but convicted for bank fraud perpetrated upon a branch of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank under 18 U.S.C. § 1344(1). After carefully reviewing the record, we conclude there was insufficient evidence to sustain the conviction and therefore...

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