Legal Opinion

United States v. Alexis Favors

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 27, 2017No. 16-10389 Summary CalendarUnpublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Defendant-Appellant Alexis Rashaad Favors pleaded, guilty, without a plea agreement, to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. He now challenges his sentence, contending that the district court plainly erred in characterizing his prior conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon under Texas Penal Code § 22.02 as a crime of violence for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 222.1(a)(3) (2015) and U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (2015). Favors insists that, even though aggravated assault is enumerated as a crime of violence in Application Note One in the commentary of § 4B1.2, the Supreme…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Beckles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  3. United States v. Bulmaro Rayo-Valdez, AKA Bulmaro Valdez RayoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. Michael FieldsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
  5. United States v. Guillen-AlvarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Favors v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2020
  2. United States v. Jose RamosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
  3. United States v. Maximo Anastacio-MoralesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019

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