Legal Opinion
United States v. Jesus Martin Caicedo-Cuero
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 14, 2002No. 02-20751PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Jesus Martin Caicedo-Cuero (“Caicedo”) appeals his sentence of twenty-one months’ imprisonment for illegal reentry into the United States pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He presents us with two issues: First, whether the district court erred in determining that his “state jail felony” conviction for simple possession of marijuana constituted a felony for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2)’s heightened maximum statutory sentence for prior aggravated felonies and the eight-level aggravated felony enhancement under Sentencing Guideline § 2L1.2(b)(1)(C). Second,…
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