United States v. Gil-Lopez

PEPPER, District Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Luis Gil-Lopez (“Gil-Lopez”) is a native and citizen of Mexico. He entered the United States in the late 1980s; in 2002, he was convicted of a felony offense in Idaho state court. As a result, in 2004 he was removed pursuant to an order entered by the immigration court. Several years later, however, he returned to this country, was arrested, and was charged in federal court with being illegally present in the United States after having been convicted of a felony.

In the district court, Gil-Lopez entered a conditional guilty plea to the one-count…