Marrufo

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 12 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1606 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 4:17-cr-00976-CKJ-EJM-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

ERIC DAVID MARRUFO,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Cindy K. Jorgenson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 4, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, BYBEE, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Eric Marrufo (“Marrufo”) appeals his convictions for five counts of

Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c), 2246(2), and 1153,

and one count of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child under §§ 2244(a)(5), 2246(3),

and 1153, raising claims related to the admissibility of evidence. We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. There was no error in the admission of Marrufo’s pretrial statements taken

while he was in custody…