Legal Opinion
United States v. Agustin Rivera-Santana
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 2, 2012No. 10-5123PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge DIAZ joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Agustín Rivera-Santana seeks relief from a sentence of 240 months in prison, imposed as a result of his illegal reentry into the United States after being removed for a conviction of an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). On appeal, Rivera-Santana mounts several procedural challenges to the sentence, contending that the district court erred in making two upward departures in the advisory Sentencing Guidelines range,…
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