Legal Opinion
United States v. Roberto Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1989No. 88-2825PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Per curiam
The defendant-appellant pleaded guilty to transporting an undocumented alien within the United States and was sentenced to five years imprisonment — the maximum sentence under the statute. The defendant-appellant now appeals his sentence, alleging that the district court made an erroneous finding of fact under the Sentencing Guidelines and miscalculated his offense level under the Sentencing Guidelines. The defendant-appellant also urges that the indictment under which he was charged was fatally defective because it did not allege the requisite criminal intent and that he should be allowed to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by46 opinions
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