Legal Opinion

United States v. Lazaro Ramirez-Flores

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided February 21, 2014No. 12-15602PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Lazaro Ramirez-Flores appeals his forty-six months sentence for illegal re-entry after deportation. Ramirez-Flores con*819tends that the district court erred in deeming his 2007 South Carolina conviction for the burglary of a dwelling a “crime of violence” under United States Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii), which mandates a sixteen-level enhancement. After careful review, we affirm the district court’s judgment.

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Ramirez-Flores is a native and citizen of Mexico who first entered the United States illegally in 1998. On June 27, 2012, he pled guilty…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Descamps v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  4. Henderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. United States v. Henry Affit Lejarde-RadaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003

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3Cited by52 opinions

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