Legal Opinion

United States v. Macias-Zamora

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 19, 2011No. 11-1302Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Jesus Macias-Zamora pleaded guilty to being in the United States illegally after removal, 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), and was sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment, the low end of the guidelines range. In challenging this sentence, he argues that the district court failed to adequately address and embrace his arguments in mitigation. We conclude that the court did all that was necessary to respond to those arguments and thus affirm the sentence.

Macias-Zamora first entered the United States without authorization in 2001, when he was 16 years old. Within five years he *516was convicted in Illinois of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. Karl CunninghamCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  2. United States v. Moreno-PadillaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  3. United States v. Reyes-HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. MendozaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011

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