United States v. Contreras Maradiaga, No. 19-11889 (11th Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for use of a fraudulent immigration document. The court held that defendant's conduct, as charged in the indictment, constitutes a criminal offense under 18 U.S.C. 1546(a); the jury was not misled or confused by the "or employment" language in the district court's instruction; the jury convicted defendant of possessing and using an order of supervision "as evidence of authorized stay" as charged in the indictment; even if defendant's claim was not barred as invited error, he is unable to show prejudice; and neither the government's closing statements nor its statements regarding a police officer amount to prosecutorial misconduct where the government did not improperly bolster the officer's testimony.
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