Legal Opinion
United States v. Santiago Maul-Valverde
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1993No. 93-1734PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals the sixteen-month sentence Santiago Maul-Valverde received after he pleaded guilty to a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b), which prohibits previously deported aliens from illegally reentering the United States. The district court departed downward from Maul-Valverde’s Guidelines range of 37-46 months on the ground that application of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(2) had resulted in an excessive sixteen-level enhancement. Concluding that departure on this ground was an incorrect application of the Guidelines for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 3742(b)(2), we reverse…
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