Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mario Roberto FUENTES-BARAHONA, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1997No. 95-50307PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellant Mario Roberto Fuentes-Baraho-na (“Fuentes”) appeals his eighty-month sentence for illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1). The district court enhanced Fuentes’s base offense level by sixteen levels because the court believed that his 1984 state court conviction was a “crime of violence” that qualified as an “aggravated felony” under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(2). Fuentes argues that the district court erred because U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(2) only applies to a “crime of violence” committed on or after November 29, 1990. We agree.
Background
In 1984, Fuentes was convicted in California…
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