United States v. Juan Larios-Buentello

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Juan Larios-Buentello has been removed from the United States frequently in light of his long criminal record (14 convictions in Florida alone). He repeatedly returns and has been convicted three times of illegal reentry, which violates 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). The conviction now under review arose when Wisconsin turned him over to immigration officials after he had been caught fleeing the scene of an auto accident. The district judge sentenced him to 36 months’ imprisonment. Larios-Buentello maintains that the district judge wrongly rejected his defense under § 1326(d).…