Legal Opinion
United States v. Alberto Garcia-Jimenez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 19, 2015No. 14-10484PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Alberto Garcia-Jimenez pled guilty to illegal reentry into the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. At sentencing, the district court increased Garcia-Jimenez’s base offense level because of a prior aggravated assault conviction in New Jersey. The court concluded that the conviction constituted a categorical “crime of violence” under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines section 2L1.2. Increasing the base offense level for illegal reentry by 16 levels pursuant to section 2L1.2 increased the Guidelines range from 10-to-16 months to 46-to-57 months. The court…
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