Legal Opinion
United States v. Sergio Mendiola
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1994No. 94-60038PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Sergio Mendiola appeals his sentence for escape from federal custody (halfway house in Texas), contending that Sentencing Guidelines § 2Pl.l(b)(3) (prescribed offense level reduction not given if the defendant, while on escape, committed “offense punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more”) violates equal protection, on the basis that there is no rational reason to treat persons convicted for driving while intoxicated in Texas (as he was, while absent from the halfway house), where the offense is punishable by up to two years in jail, more…
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