Legal Opinion
United States v. Patricio Escobar, III
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 2, 2017No. 15-41676PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Patricio Escobar, III, appeals his sentence, arguing that the district court erred by denying him a mitigating-role reduction and by adding three criminal history points for his 1991 Texas burglary-of-a-vehicle conviction. Detecting no clear error, we affirm the -court’s denial of the requested mitigating-role reduction. We further find that Escobar did not preserve in the district court the second argument that he raises on appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the sentence.
I
Upon Escobar’s plea of guilty to possession -with intent- to distribute approximately 176 kilograms of marijuana, the…
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