Legal Opinion
United States v. Marlon Flores-Granados
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 15, 2015No. 14-4249PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
In 2013, Marlon Flores-Granados pled guilty to a single-count indictment for illegal reentry into the United States following deportation and a conviction for an aggravated felony. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2). He now challenges his sentence, specifically the 16-level enhancement that was applied pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) for prior conviction of a “crime of violence.” We hold that under North Carolina law a conviction for second-degree kidnapping does constitute a crime of violence, and thus affirm FloresGranados’…
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