Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Valdovinos
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2014No. 13-4768PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DIAZ joined. Senior Judge DAVIS wrote a dissenting opinion.
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
Jose Valdovinos, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty to unlawfully entering the United States after being deported, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). The district court increased Valdovinos’s sentence on the ground that he illegally reentered the country after a prior North Carolina conviction for felony drug trafficking, i.e., a drug offense punishable by more than one year in prison. See U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(B).…
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