Legal Opinion
United States v. Jaime Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2017No. 16-10863PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
Jaime Shakur Garcia pleaded guilty to one count of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of possessing and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. In calculating Garcia’s sentence for the Hobbs Act robbery count, the district court applied a sentencing enhancement based on the assessment that Garcia and his codefendants had physically restrained the victims. Garcia contends that this sentencing enhancement was improper. Garcia also claims that his firearm conviction is invalid because the statute of conviction is unconstitutionally vague and…
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