Legal Opinion

United States v. Osman Reyes

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 1, 2017No. 16-40241PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This Court implicitly held in United States v. Velasco, 465 F.3d 633 (5th Cir. 2006), that the Illinois aggravated battery statute is divisible—meaning that if a defendant has a prior conviction under that statute and a sentencing court must determine whether this prior conviction qualifies for a sentencing enhancement, the court should look to certain records of conviction to identify the particular offense of which the defendant had been convicted. Applying Mathis v. United States, — U.S. —, 136 S.Ct. 2243, 195 L.Ed.2d 604 (2016), we must decide whether that holding…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  2. Descamps v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  3. Day v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. People v. CrespoIllinois Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Myron Batts v. Tow-Motor Forklift Company and Caterpillar, Inc., Caterpillar, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by47 opinions

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  4. State v. CadyCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2018
  5. Kathryn Ann Heimer v. Mason William HeimerWyoming Supreme Court · 2021

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