United States v. Spencer
United States v. Spencer
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
In this consolidated case, appellant Rol-lin Lee Spencer (Spencer) appeals his jury conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Appellant Suzanne Denise Rollier (Rollier) appeals her jury conviction and sentence for being an illegal or unlawful alien in possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(2).
1. After an independent review of the record, and in light of the fact that a sentence greater than indicated by the advisory guidelines was reasonable, there are no unresolved, nonfrivolous issues in Spencer’s appeal. See Anders v. Califor
2. The district court properly denied Rollier’s motion for a judgment of acquittal because the government proved her alienage beyond a reasonable doubt via her admissions and the immigration agent’s testimony. See United States v. Sotelo, 109 F.3d 1446, 1448-49 (9th Cir. 1997) (holding that a defendant’s admissions coupled with a prior deportation order was “sufficient proof’ that he was not a United States citizen).
3. The district court properly rejected Rollier’s proposed jury instructions because they were misstatements of the law or duplicative. See United States v. George, 420 F.3d 991, 1000 (9th Cir. 2005) (misstatements); see also United States v. Castaneda, 94 F.3d 592, 596 (9th Cir. 1996) (duplicative).
AFFIRMED.
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