Alien Harboring Conviction Affirmed

In US v. De Oliveira, No. 10-1281, the court affirmed in part defendant’s conviction and sentence for harboring illegal aliens, holding that 1) the court had no reason to doubt the district court’s factual determination that, had defendant’s counsel coerced defendant into pleading guilty, defendant’s very involved wife would have notified the lower court of the issue earlier; and 2) severe overcrowding together with lack of heat and furnishings presented an inherent health-and-safety risk to each of the occupants such that the application of an enhancement was warranted.  However, the court reversed in part where the workers’ status as illegal aliens did not alone justify a vulnerable-victim enhancement under the facts of this case.

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  • Read the Eighth Circuit’s Decision in US v. De Oliveira, No. 10-1281

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