Legal Opinion
United States v. Jesus Hernandez-Guevara
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1998No. 97-50946PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Jesus Hemandez-Guevara appeals his conviction for conspiracy to transport aliens, illegal transportation of aliens, and misprision of a felony. We affirm the conviction. Hernandez also appeals his sentence, arguing that the district court erred in requiring that the three-year supervised release term assessed for his conviction ran consecutive to the supervised release term for an earlier conviction. We agree and modify the sentence accordingly.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On January 28, 1997, after receiving a telephone tip that a smuggler would…
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