Legal Opinion
United States v. Henao-Melo
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 23, 2009No. 08-41313PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Armando Henao-Melo pleaded guilty to being found unlawfully in the United States following deportation. The district court enhanced the sentence under the drug trafficking offense provision in U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) based on a previous conviction for use of a telephone to facilitate the commission of a narcotics offense, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). Henao-Melo contends, in relevant part, that the court erred in applying the drug trafficking enhancement, because the government failed to provide sufficient documentation to establish that the particular narcotics…
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