Legal Opinion
United States v. Herrera-Roldan
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 13, 2005No. 04-2159PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
In October 2003, Defendant Felipe Herrera-Roldan, a citizen of Mexico, was arrested near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico without immigration documentation allowing him to be in the United States. He pled guilty to illegally entering the United States after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and (b)(2). The only issue at sentencing (and in this appeal) was whether his prior Texas conviction for possession of more than 50 pounds, but no more than 2000 pounds, of marijuana merited a twelve-level adjustment as a “drug trafficking offense” rather than an…
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