United States v. Gutierrez-Sanchez

OPINION

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge:

The appellant Hugo Gutierrez-Sanchez challenges his sentence primarily because, although he pleaded guilty to an offense for which the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“the Guidelines”) recommended a particular sentence, he was given a more severe sentence that the Guidelines recommended for a related, more serious offense. The Guidelines, however, provide that if a plea agreement “specifically establishes the commission of additional offense(s),” it shall be “treated as if the defendant had been convicted of additional count(s) charging those offense(s).”…