Legal Opinion
United States v. Jasso
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 10, 2009No. 08-10453PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
The defendant-appellant appeals his sentence, arguing that the district court erred in assigning him two additional criminal history points, pursuant to § 4A1.2(e) and (k) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G.), based on his 1995 assault conviction in Texas state court and the subsequent sentence the Texas state court issued when he violated his term of probation.
Although we acknowledge that the district court’s reading of the ambiguous language in § 4A1.2(k) was not unreasonable, our review of § 4A1.2, in its entirety, leads us to conclude that it was…
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3Cited by29 opinions
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