Legal Opinion
United States v. David Benitez-Perez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 20, 2004No. 03-10419PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
David Benitez-Perez appeals the district court’s enhancement of his offense level by 16 levels pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) based on his prior conviction for violating Nevada Revised Statute § 453.337. We review the district court’s decision that a prior conviction is a qualifying offense de novo, United States v. Hernandez-Valdovinos, 352 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir.2003), and we affirm.
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In the summer of 2002, local authorities in Reno, Nevada were dispatched to a motel on a domestic battery complaint. When officers arrived, Benitez-Perez, a citizen of Mexico,…
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