Legal Opinion
United States v. Efrain Ramirez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 23, 2013No. 13-10473PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
Efrain Hernandez Ramirez pled guilty to one count of illegal reentry following removal and at his sentencing, the district court applied an eight-level enhancement based on a prior conviction for an aggravated felony. The aggravated felony in question was a New York state misdemeanor conviction for third-degree sexual abuse of a fifteen-year-old girl. Ramirez appeals, arguing that his misdemeanor conviction cannot be an aggravated felony. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
Efrain Hernandez Ramirez is a Mexican citizen, and he was…
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