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United States v. Diego Guzman-Rendon

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 24, 2017No. 16-50784PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Diego Guzman-Rendon appeals a sixteen-level enhancement to his sentence for illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We affirm, concluding that if there was error, it was harmless.

I

The offense of conviction assigned a base offense level of 8. Guzman-Rendon had several Florida convictions that could qualify as drug-trafficking offenses under U.S.S.G. § L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i), subjecting him to a sixteen-level enhancement. The first was a conviction for distribution under Florida Statutes § 893.13(1)(a), which provides that “a person may not sell, manufacture, or…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jacobs v. NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTERCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
  2. United States v. Ibarra-LunaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
  3. United States v. BonillaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
  4. United States v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  5. United States v. John Heard, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013

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3Cited by25 opinions

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  5. United States v. Benjamin Vega-GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018

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