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United States v. Zuniga-Peralta

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 6, 2006No. 04-50575PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

Dario Zuniga-Peralta pled guilty to illegal reentry into the United States after deportation and was sentenced, after an upward departure, to sixty months in prison. Zuniga-Peralta now appeals his sentence, arguing that the extent of the district court’s upward departure under the Sentencing Guidelines was unreasonable, and the court’s written statement of reasons failed to provide specific reasons explaining why the applicable criminal history category substantially under-represented the seriousness of his criminal history.1 Finding no reversible error, we AFFIRM.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  2. United States v. MaresCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  3. United States v. VillanuevaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. David LambertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  5. United States v. Philip Scott AshburnCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by86 opinions

  1. United States v. DelgadoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  2. United States v. Agustin Rivera-SantanaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2012
  3. United States v. HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
  4. United States v. Ernesto FuentesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  5. United States v. FordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007

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