Legal Opinion
United States v. Eleazar Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1992No. 91-2597PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Eleazar Garcia appeals his 74-month sentence following a guilty plea to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 96 pounds of marijuana. He argues that the sentence should be set aside because (1) the government cited the wrong statute in an information of prior convictions submitted in support of an enhanced sentence; and (2) the district court failed to admonish him that any challenge to previous convictions must be made before an enhanced sentence is imposed. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In January 1991, Garcia and a codefend-ant 1 were…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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