Legal Opinion

United States v. Ernesto Becerril-Pena

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 2, 2013No. 11-11171PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYNES, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Ernesto Becerril-Pefia (“Becerril”) pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States after a prior deportation. The district court sentenced him to 78 months in prison and to a two-year term of supervised release. Becerril now challenges his sentence, contending that the district court erred in imposing supervised release and in failing to explicitly address his arguments in favor of a downward variance. We AFFIRM.

At sentencing, Becerril objected to the imposition of supervised release based on recent amendments to § 5D1.1 of the Sentencing…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. United States v. MaresCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. Cisneros-GutierrezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. BonillaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  4. United States v. Luis Figueroa-DominguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
  5. United States v. Alexander Chavez-ChumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019

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