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Parties Involved:
Yoel Emilio Baez-Hernandez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 14-14486

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D.C. Docket No. 8:14-cr-00064-EAK-TGW-3

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff-Appellee,

 versus

YOEL EMILIO BAEZ-HERNANDEZ, 

 Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Florida

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(May 24, 2016)

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Before HULL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and ROTHSTEIN,* District 

Judge.

PER CURIAM: 

Yoel Baez-Hernandez appeals his convictions for: (1) conspiracy to bring 

aliens to the United States at a place other than as designated by the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1324(a)(1)(A)(i), (a)(1)(A)(v)(I), 

and (a)(1)(B)(i); and (2) bringing aliens to the United States for the purpose of 

commercial advantage and financial gain knowing they had not received prior 

authorization to enter, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii).

After review of the record and briefs and with the benefit of oral argument, 

we first grant defendant Baez-Hernandez’s motion to supplement the record on 

appeal in order to make an informed decision as to the late discovery issue 

defendant Baez-Hernandez raises on appeal. Having granted the motion, we 

conclude that the district court: (1) did not err in denying his motion to suppress 

cell-cite-location data; (2) did not abuse its discretion by denying his motion to 

exclude I-213 forms; and (3) did not err in denying his motions for judgment of 

acquittal.

However, we conclude that the district court abused its discretion by 

denying his motion for a continuance given the volume of discovery provided by 

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Honorable Barbara J. Rothstein, United States District Judge for the District of 

Columbia, sitting by designation.

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the government so close to the trial date. The district court clearly should have 

granted a short continuance. Therefore we grant the defendant’s motion for a new 

trial.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

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