Legal Opinion

United States v. Victor Hernandez-Montes

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 25, 2016No. 15-40544PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Victor Hernandez-Montes contends his Florida conviction of attempted second-degree murder cannot be the basis of a sixteen-level erime-of-violence (“COV”) sentence enhancement. We agree and therefore vacate and remand for resen-tencing.

I

In 1995, a friend drove Hernandez-Montes to a residence where Robert Oli-vares, Juan Gomez, and Rommel Villarreal were present. Hernandez-Montes remained in the car, exchanged words with the three, and opened fire on them. A Florida grand jury indicted Hernandez-Montes for attempted second-degree murder:

VICTOR EDUARDO HERNANDEZ…

2Cases cited63 opinions

  1. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. State v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Florida · 2010
  3. Braxton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 2005
  5. United States v. Jorge RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  2. United States v. Calvin NesmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
  3. United States v. Darrin SozaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
  4. United States v. Aaron RedmondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
  5. United States v. Rodolfo Rodriguez-LeosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020

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