Legal Opinion

United States v. Sanchez-Ledezma

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 7, 2011No. 10-40451PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYNES, Circuit Judge:

Abelardo Sanchez-Ledezma appeals his sentence of eighteen months imprisonment following his guilty plea to and conviction for illegally reentering the United States following removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Specifically, Sanchez-Ledezma challenges the district court’s imposition of an eight-level sentence enhancement for a prior “conviction for an aggravated felony,” namely, the Texas state-law felony of evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (“U.S.S.G.”) § 2L1.2(b)(l)(C) (2009); see also Tex. Penal Code Ann. §…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  4. Leocal v. AshcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. Chambers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. Jose Vargas-SotoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  2. United States v. Andres Sanchez-EspinalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  3. Trevardo Dermont Dixon v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
  4. United States v. ParkersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2021
  5. Sanchez-Ledezma v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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