Legal Opinion
United States v. Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 6, 2011No. 10-40023PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Per curiam
Rodrigo Rodriguez pled guilty to two counts of unlawfully transporting illegal aliens within the United States by means of a motor vehicle for private financial gain in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(ii). The district court found that Rodriguez had recklessly endangered the lives of the illegal aliens he was transporting and enhanced his sentence pursuant to § 2Ll.l(b)(6) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Rodriguez’s sole challenge on appeal is to the district court’s application of the reckless-endangerment enhancement. We conclude that the district court erred by applying…
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