Legal Opinion

United States v. Romo-Villalobos

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 20, 2012No. 20-11270PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Per curiam

Hector Romo-Villalobos appeals his convictions and 37-month total sentence for illegal reentry after a felony, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1), and for illegal reentry after conviction of false representation, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1325(a)(1) and 1329. On appeal, he argues that: (1) he should not have received a 16-level sentencing enhancement based on his Florida conviction for resisting an officer with violence, because Florida’s statute does not constitute a crime of violence; and (2) his 37-month sentence was unreasonable because the district court failed to grant him a…

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