Legal Opinion
United States v. Lua-Guizar
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 2011No. 10-3042PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
After Juan Lua-Guizar pleaded guilty to reentering the United States unlawfully following his removal, he asked the district judge to impose a sentence well below the range advised by the sentencing guidelines. Lua-Guizar gave two arguments in favor of this downward adjustment: (1) that his “cultural assimilation,” as contemplated in a then-pending amendment to the guidelines, made him eligible for a lower sentence; and (2) that a lighter sentence was necessary to avoid an “unwarranted sentencing disparity” based upon the fact that he was convicted in a district without a…
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