Legal Opinion
United States v. Cuevas-Andrade
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 2000No. 99-10976PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Juan Cuevas-Andrade appeals his conviction and sentence for illegally reentering the United States following deportation. He contends, first, that the district court’s numerous violations of Fed. R. CRiM. P. 11 require us to remand the case for a new plea hearing; and, second, that the district court improperly enhanced his sentence on the basis of a prior conviction for carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime. We hold that under the circumstances of this case, the district court’s violations of Rule 11 constitute harmless error because they did not materially affect…
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