Legal Opinion
United States v. Sanchez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 10, 2012No. 10-20249PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Circuit Judge:
Joel David Sanchez challenges the forty-eight-month sentence that he received after pleading guilty to the crime of illegal reentry of a previously deported alien following a conviction for an aggravated felony offense, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). He contends on appeal that the district court improperly calculated his Guidelines range by erroneously applying a sixteen-level crime of violence enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A). He also asserts that his sentence is procedurally unreasonable because the district court failed to explain its…
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