U.S. v. ALMANZA-VIGIL

No. 17-2007.

912 F.3d 1310 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar ALMANZA-VIGIL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED January 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Langell, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Stephen P. McCue, Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Appellant.

Marisa A. Ong, Assistant United States Attorney (James D. Tierney, Acting United States Attorney, with her on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney, Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, KELLY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


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