Legal Opinion
United States v. Alejandro Alvarez-Martinez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 2002No. 01-1383PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, Alejandro Alvarez-Martinez challenges the sentence he received for the offense of being present in the United States, without the express consent of the Attorney General, after having previously been deported as a convicted felon. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). The district court concluded that Alvarez’s prior Illinois conviction for burglary of a vehicle constituted an “aggravated felony” for purposes of the Sentencing Guidelines, and thus increased his base offense level of 8 by 16 more levels under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b). Alvarez argues that this was…
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