United States v. David Garcia-Ugarte

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

A Grand Jury indicted defendant-appellant David Garcia-Ugarte on one count of illegal reentry into the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). He pleaded guilty and was sentenced by the district court to fifty-seven months in prison. This appeal followed. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1990, Garcia-Ugarte, a Mexican citizen, illegally entered the United States. Between 1994 and 2005, he was convicted of multiple crimes, including theft and drug offenses, and was deported from the United States twice. On June 29, 2009, the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois…