United States v. Ramiro Montoya-De La Cruz

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Ramiro Montoya-De La Cruz (“Montoya”) challenges his sentences for illegal reentry and violation of the terms of his supervised release on the ground that the district court plainly erred by failing to provide him an opportunity to allocute before pronouncing his sentences. We AFFIRM.

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Montoya was convicted of illegal entry in 2012 and illegal entry after deportation in 2012 and in 2013, receiving a probationary sentence each time. He was last deported from the United States in 2013. By 2014, Montoya was back in the United States, where he again violated the law.…