United States v. Dean Walker

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:

Dean Washington Walker, a native of Jamaica, pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry after being convicted of an aggravated felony. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). At sentencing, the district court concluded that Walker’s prior drug conviction in Ohio qualified as a “drug trafficking offense,” and the district court therefore applied the 16-level enhancement called for by the then-current version of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) (2015). With the 16-level enhancement, Walker’s offense level was 21, which, when combined with his category III criminal history, yielded an advisory…