United States v. Arellano-Sandoval

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

JEROME A. HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Brothers Ricardo and Javier Arellano-Sandoval both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(D), and one count of illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1826(a), (b). Because the district court found that Messrs. Arellano-Sandoval had each previously been convicted of a crime of violence, the district court applied a sixteen-level sentencing enhancement pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”) § 2L1.2, and imposed…