United States v. Efrain Piedra-Morales

Efrain Piedra-Morales was caught and pled guilty to illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b). Previously, he had been deported three times from the United States. Piedrar-Morales appeals the district court’s application of an eight-level aggravated felony enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(C) for deportation after an earlier aggravated felony conviction. He contends that his prior convictions for illegal. reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) are not aggravated felonies because they are predicated on his prior cocaine possession convictions, which are no longer considered…