United States v. Mendez-Villa

Jose Mauricio Mendez-Villa entered a guilty plea to a charge of being found illegally in the United States subsequent to his February 1994 deportation. The pre-sentence report (“PSR”) recommended, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A), a sixteen-level increase ' to Mendez-Villa’s base offense level of eight. The increase was applied because Mendez-Villa had been deported subsequent to a conviction for a felony drug-trafficking offense, ie., aggravated unlawful possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, for which Mendez-Villa had been sentenced to-five years’ imprisonment.

Mendez-…