United States v. Gomez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:*
Defendant Luis Danery Gomez appeals the district court’s application of a 16-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) (2015) to his sentence after finding that his two prior convictions under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-405(l)(a) (2012) were “drug trafficking offense[s]” under the Sentencing Guidelines. Gomez failed to preserve his objection below, so we review for plain error. Because we find that any error by the district court was not plain, we AFFIRM.
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Gomez, a native and citizen of Honduras, pleaded guilty without a plea agreement to illegal reentry in violation of 8…
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