UNITED STATES v. IRIAS-ROMERO

No. 21-40565.

82 F.4th 422 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ivis Orestes IRIAS-ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Pick , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Michael Lance Herman , Scott Andrew Martin , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Jolly, Dennis, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.


A jury found Ivis Orestes Irias-Romero guilty of transporting within the United States an alien who "has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law." 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii). On appeal, Irias-Romero challenges his conviction as based on insufficient evidence. For the following...

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