United States v. Diaz-Corado

Defendant-Appellant Javier Diaz-Cora-do pled guilty to illegally reentering the country after having been deported and was sentenced to 51-months’ imprisonment. On appeal, he challenges the district court’s imposition of a sixteen-level sentence enhancement under United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2L1.2, arguing that his previous Colorado criminal conviction for unlawful sexual contact was not a “crime of violence.” We AFFIRM.

I. Factual & Procedural Background

Javier Diaz-Corado is a Guatemalan citizen who first entered the country on a work permit in 1993. In 1999, Diaz-Cora-do was…