Legal Opinion
United States v. Israel Amaya-Benitez
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 8, 1995No. 1243, Docket 94-1489PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue presented in this case is whether a sentencing court may consider facts underlying a prior aggravated felony conviction that is the predicate for an enhanced sentence under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(2). In the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., District Judge), defendant-appellee Israel Amaya-Benitez was convicted under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) for illegally reentering the United States after being deported following a conviction for an aggravated felony. At sentencing, the district court increased the…
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