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UNITED STATES v. VALENZUELA

No. 21-51215.

57 F.4th 518 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lirio Lizzette VALENZUELA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED January 12, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Mark Randolph Stelmach, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Felix Valenzuela , Valenzuela Law Firm, El Paso, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Higginbotham, Jones, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.

Lirio Valenzuela appeals her conviction for possession and smuggling of controlled substances. Valenzuela asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of a prior drug smuggling offense under Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. We conclude that the district court did not...

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