Legal Opinion

United States v. Taylor Mills

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 8, 2016No. 16-40258PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit "Judge:

Taylor Aan Mills pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to coercion or enticement of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b),and was sentenced to a 300-month term of imprisonment to be followed by a life term of supervised release. Mills appeals his sentence, claiming that the district court should not have considered his prior Texas deferred adjudication for the purpose of enhancing- his sentence and, in the alternative, that his 300-month sentence violates the Eighth Amendment. We affirm.

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