Legal Opinion
United States v. Vieira-Candelario
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 28, 1993No. Cr. 92-044 PPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
The sentencing of Defendant Aurelio Vieira-Candelario raises a significant legal question of first impression in the First Circuit: whether 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and § 1326(b) set forth separate and distinct offenses or a single offense with different penalties depending on the defendant’s criminal record?
Section 1326(a) makes it an offense punishable by not more than two years in prison for any alien who has been previously arrested and deported thereafter to “enter,” “attempt to enter” or be “found in” the United States without the consent of…
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