Legal Opinion
United States v. Juan Lopez-Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1982No. 81-1675PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Juan Lopez-Gonzales, appeals from the sentence imposed after his conviction for felony illegal entry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1325 (1976). The issue on appeal is whether the trial court failed to exercise its discretion by mechanically imposing the maximum sentence.
On August 11,1981, a border patrol agent observed an early model, heavily laden station wagon leaving Interstate 5 near Oceanside, California. Lopez-Gonzales, the driver, was the only visible person in the vehicle. When the agent pulled out behind the station wagon in a clearly marked border…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dorszynski v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Williams v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Jose Verdugo and Horace Eugene Turner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by24 opinions
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