Legal Opinion
United States v. Zuniga-Chavez
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 27, 2006No. 04-2293PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Leopoldo Zuniga-Chavez pleaded guilty to unlawful reentry after deportation. At sentencing, the district court relied on the government’s proffered evidence of Defendant’s five prior California state criminal convictions — a certified docket sheet, a certified copy of an “abstract judgment,” and court case summaries — to raise Defendant’s offense level and criminal history. Based on those calculations, the district court sentenced Defendant to thirty-seven months’ imprisonment — the bottom end of the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines range. The district court…
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