United States v. Gonzalez-Esparsa, No. 19-1477 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for unlawful use of an identification document and misuse of a social security number. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions where a reasonable juror could conclude that defendant knew the permanent resident card bearing his name and photograph had been forged, counterfeited, falsely made, or unlawfully obtained when he used it to secure employment. Furthermore, a reasonable juror could conclude that defendant made the false representation regarding his purported social security number in order to deceive Midwest Concrete in order to obtain a job with the company.
Court Description: [Grasz, Author, Benton and Stras, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for unlawful use of an identification document and misuse of a social security number; defendant concedes his challenge to his five-month sentence is moot.
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