Legal Opinion

United States v. Richard Fuentes

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 11, 2018No. 17-50407PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Richard Fuentes appeals the district court's five-year sentence imposed after his supervised release was revoked. Because we conclude that the sentence was not plain error, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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In 2003, Richard Fuentes pled guilty to possession of a firearm as a person who had accrued three prior convictions for violent felonies under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). See Johnson v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551 , 2555, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015). The district court sentenced him to 180 months of imprisonment and five…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. United States v. Dominguez BenitezSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Welch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
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3Cited by17 opinions

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