United States v. Garcia-Caraveo

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Anastacio GarciaCaraveo appeals the sentence he received after pleading guilty to illegal reentry, following deportation, under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b). The base offense level for this crime under the sentencing guidelines is eight. The PSR recommended a sixteen-point increase based on U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii), which provides that the court should increase a defendant’s offense level for illegal reentry by sixteen points if the defendant has been deported after committing a “crime of violence.” Without objection, the district court relied on…