United States v. Palacios-Quinonez

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Ismael Palacios-Quinonez appeals his sentence. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

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Palacios-Quinonez is a Mexican national who pleaded guilty to having reentered the United States illegally following his removals in 1995 and 2000. At sentencing, his base offense level of 8 was increased by a sixteen-level enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A) (2004) because he had unlawfully remained in the United States after being convicted in 1992 of a crime of violence and in 1990 of a felony drug trafficking offense for which the sentence imposed was greater…