United States v. Campos-Maldonado

Corando Campos-Maldonado (Campos) pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. The district court sentenced him to 57 months in prison, within the guidelines range. Campos now appeals.

The presentence report (PSR) calculated the guidelines range as 57 to 71 months, which included a 16-level crime of violence enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A), based on Campos’s prior conviction for assault with a deadly weapon. Campos argued that the district court should impose a below-guidelines sentence of 24 to 30 months. He asserted that the 16-level…