United States v. Marina Oke

Summary

The court affirmed the defendants’ convictions for harboring and shielding unauthorized aliens and their within- or below-guidelines sentences. It held that the victims’ testimony, corroborating evidence, and evidence of concealment and financial benefit were sufficient to support the verdicts, and that the district court did not abuse its discretion in weighing the sentencing factors. The court also held that the defendants’ cultural-norm argument and other mitigation arguments did not establish substantive unreasonableness.