Legal Opinion

United States v. Elder Tzacir-Garcia

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 1, 2019No. 14-41437PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In 2014, Elder Rocael Tzacir-Garcia pled guilty to one count of illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (a) and 1326(b)(2). Tzacir-Garcia was sentenced to forty-one months' imprisonment. He appealed, arguing that the district court committed plain error by concluding that he qualified for a sentencing enhancement under § 1326(b)(2) 1 because of a previous conviction for an aggravated felony, as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(43). Section 1101(a)(43) incorporates the definition of crime of violence used in 18 U.S.C. § 16 (b). We summarily affirmed…

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