UNITED STATES v. SILVA

No. 22-30821.

92 F.4th 547 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Evaristo Contreras SILVA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed: February 12, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camille Ann Domingue , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Thomas Forrest Phillips (argued), U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Douglas Lee Harville (argued), Harville Law Firm, L.L.C., Shreveport, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Smith, Graves, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


A jury convicted Evaristo Contreras Silva, a citizen of Mexico, of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), after he admitted at trial that he possessed a firearm and was unlawfully in the United States. He appeals his conviction, contending the Government failed to prove...

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