United States v. Torres-Romero

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. Introduction

Alfredo Torres-Romero appeals the district court’s application of a sixteen-level enhancement, pursuant to U.S.S.G. *1157§ 2L1.2(b)(l)(A), arguing the government failed to meet its burden of proving his prior state conviction was a “drug trafficking offense.” We conclude the district court did not err because Torres-Romero’s 1990 Colorado guilty plea admitted all of the material facts in the charging information, including that he distributed and sold a controlled substance. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742, we affirm…