Legal Opinion

United States v. Aurelio Abrica-Sanchez

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 9, 2015No. 15-1607PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Aurelio Abrica-Sanchez pleaded guilty to violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), illegally reentering the United States after removal. The district court 1 determined that his prior conviction for domestic assault was a felony, which increased the statutory maximum sentence to ten years in prison, see 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1), and resulted in an advisory guidelines range of 15 to 21 months in prison. Varying upward, the district court sentenced Abrica-Sanchez to 48 months in prison. He appeals this sentence, arguing that the district court misclassified the prior conviction as a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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