Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Villafranca
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 1, 2016No. 16-40022PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Jose Javier Villafranca appeals his 57-month sentence following his jury-trial conviction for conspiring to transport and transporting undocumented aliens within the .United States for financial gain, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(ii), (v)(I) & (B)(i), Villafranca asserts that the district court clearly erred in applying the special skill enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.3 based on his possession of a commercial driver’s license. Because there is no constitutional right to hybrid representation on appeal, see United States v. Og-bonna, 184 F.3d 447, 449 & n.l (5th Cir. 1999),…
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