United States v. Lopez-Reyes

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

In this criminal prosecution, defendant pled guilty, without a written plea agreement, to a one-count indictment charging him with unlawfully re-entering the United States following a prior removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). The subsequent sentencing proceeding presented the question whether defendant’s two prior Virginia state convictions for unlawful bodily injury in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-51 constitute predicate “crimes of violence” within the meaning of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A), thereby subjecting defendant to a 12-level…