Legal Opinion
United States v. Fredis Reyes-Contreras
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 30, 2018No. 16-41218PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fredis Reyes-Contreras pleaded guilty of illegal reentry. Because he had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Missouri, the district court applied a sentencing enhancement for a crime of violence ("COV"). Well represented by the Federal Public Defender, Reyes-Contreras appealed to challenge the enhancement. Burdened by binding caselaw that required us to declare that killing a person with a baseball bat is not a COV, the panel vacated for resentencing. 1 The court granted the government's petition for rehearing en banc, thus vacating the panel opinion. 2 Finding it necessary to…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- Descamps v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
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3Cited by85 opinions
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