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United States v. Lopez

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 4, 2011No. 10-1470PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents an issue of law concerning the application of section 2L1.2 of the Sentencing Guidelines to an alien’s illegal reentry into the United States after an earlier felony conviction and deportation. Guideline section 2L1.2 calls for a base offense level of eight, which is increased by sixteen levels for, among other things, a prior conviction of a drug trafficking offense for which the sentence imposed exceeded thirteen months. The increase is only twelve levels for a drug trafficking offense for which the sentence imposed was thirteen months or less.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. United States v. AbbasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. Ruiz-GeaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. United States v. Eric BloomCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
  2. United States v. SnyderCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
  3. United States v. Robert A. TateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  4. United States v. Rashid MinhasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
  5. United States v. Thomas HawkinsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015

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