Legal Opinion

United States v. Palacios-Casquete

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 15, 1995No. 94-2001PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWIN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Jose Santiago Palacios-Casquete pled guilty to being a deported alien found unlawfully in the United States on December 11, 1992 in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He appeals his guideline sentence of 96 months.

The principal contentions on appeal are (1) that the sentencing court erred in treating 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) as a sentencing enhancement subsection rather than as the denunciation of a separate crime, and (2), that because Palacios-Casquete was present within the boundaries of the United States after his deportation in 1987 for some years prior to December…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Haynes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. ForbesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  3. United States v. Jose Gonzalez-Medina, United States of America v. Oscar A. Jaquez-Velasquez, United States of America v. Ricardo Reyes-CarrilloCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. Carlos Campos-Martinez AKA Carlos Martinez-CamposCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Jose Blas Vasquez-OlveraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  2. United States v. Kenneth L. BellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  3. United States v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  4. Slavek v. HinkleDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2005
  5. United States v. SeayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010

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