Legal Opinion
United States v. Herrera
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 13, 2011No. 10-40500PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Joel Jonathan Parajon Herrera (Herrera) pled guilty to illegal re-entry into the United States. The district court sentenced Herrera to 46 months of imprisonment. In making its sentencing determination, the district court imposed a sixteen-level enhancement for a past conviction, which the district court determined was a “crime of violence” pursuant to United States Sentencing Guidelines (hereinafter Guidelines) § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii). We AFFIRM.
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On December 23, 2009, Herrera was charged by indictment with being found unlawfully in the United States following…
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