Legal Opinion

United States v. Rodriguez-Parra

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 28, 2009No. 08-40708PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Oscar Rodriguez-Parra pleaded guilty of illegally reentering the United States. He appeals his sentence, and we affirm.

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Rodriguez-Parra, a Mexican citizen, was convicted in Texas in 1994 of delivery of marihuana and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, but the sentence was suspended with five years’ probation. Rodriguez-Parra did not serve any of his sentence in jail. He was later deported.

Rodriguez-Parra re-entered the United States without the consent of the Attorney General or Secretary of Homeland Security. In 2007, customs agents found him in a Texas…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. United States v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. Justo Hernandez-ValdovinosCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  5. United States v. Urias-EscobarCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002

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3Cited by41 opinions

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  5. United States v. BlockerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010

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