Legal Opinion
United States v. Leal-Vega
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 30, 2012No. 11-50065PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The United States of America (Government) appeals the thirty-months sentence imposed on Jose Leal-Vega for illegal reentry following deportation. The district court declined to apply a sixteen-level enhancement pursuant to United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, for Leal-Vega’s prior conviction under California Health & Safety Code § 11351. The Government contends that the sixteen-level enhancement should have been applied because Section 11351 is categorically a “drug trafficking offense” under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2. Alternatively, the Government…
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