Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-14-2009
Abstract
Defendant-appellant Juan Tureseo ("Tureseo") appeals from a June 28, 2007 judgment of conviction and sentence entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Duffy, J.). Tureseo was convicted, following a three-day jury trial, of (1) reentering the United States after deportation following a conviction for an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2) ("Count One"); (2) making a false claim of United States citizenship, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 911 ("Count Two"); and (3) knowingly engaging in the transfer, possession, or use, without lawful authority, of a means of identification of another person during and in relation to the commission of falsely claiming United States citizenship as charged in Count Two, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A ("Count Three"). The District Court sentenced Tureseo to a term of imprisonment of 125 months on Counts One and Two, and a consecutive term of imprisonment of 24 months on Count Three, to be followed by a term of 1 year of supervised release. A mandatory special assessment of $300 was also imposed. On appeal, Tureseo challenges the jury instruction as to the elements of Count Three and claims denial of his right to be present at trial. Applying, inter alia, the Supreme Court's decision in Flores-Figueroa v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 1886, 173 L.Ed.2d 853, (2009), we affirm in part and vacate in part the District Court's judgment of conviction and sentence. We accordingly remand to the District Court for further proceedings.
Recommended Citation
Miner '56, Roger J., "US v. Tureseo, 566 F. 3d 77 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2009" (2009). Circuit Court Opinions. 445.
https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/circuit_opinions/445
Comments
566 F.3d 77 (2009)
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan TURESEO, also known as Daniel J. Ortega, also known as Juan Escobar, also known as Juan Victoriana Fuentes, also known as Danny Ortega Ortiz, also known as Jose Victorino Fuentes, Defendant-Appellant.
Docket No. 07-2933-cr.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued: June 23, 2008.
Decided: May 14, 2009.
New York Law School location: Box #153, File #3698