Legal Opinion
United States v. Gonzalez-Portillo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 1997No. Nos. 96-3382, 96-3785 and 96-3880PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Jose Gonzalez-Portillo, Juan Martinez-Rojas and Jesus Alberto Funes were all convicted of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326, which prohibits deported aliens from returning to the United States without first gaining permission of the Attorney General. At sentencing, the defendants sought and were denied downward departures from the United States Sentencing Guidelines range based on the fact that they were deportable aliens. The defendants argued that their status as deportable aliens would lead to harsher conditions of confinement because it disqualified them from…
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