Legal Opinion
United States v. Rogelio Teran-Salas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 15, 2014No. 13-40884PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Rogelio Teran-Salas appeals the district court’s application of a sixteen-level sentence enhancement based on its holding that a prior conviction for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance under Texas law qualified as a drug trafficking offense and an aggravated felony. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
On April 30, 2013, Teran-Salas was indicted on one count of being an alien found unlawfully present in the United States after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b). He pleaded guilty to this count…
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