Legal Opinion
United States v. Perez-Torres
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1994No. 93-08406PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Martin Gerardo Perez-Torres (Perez) was convicted of reentering the United States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Perez was sentenced to a 5-year term of imprisonment. The district court enhanced Perez’s sentence because prior to his deportation he had been convicted of an aggravated felony. Perez appeals the district court’s sentence because at the time of his deportation, he was informed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) that the maximum sentence he could receive for reentry was 2 years. Because we find that…
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