United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for illegal reentry of a removed alien is affirmed where a Colorado conviction for attempted sexual assault on a child was a "crime of violence" under the Sentencing Guidelines that warranted a sixteen-level sentencing enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/05/2010
• Published 01/05/2010

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, LUCERO, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Scott M. Davidson, Scott M. Davidson, Ph.D., Esq., LLC, Albuquerque, NM, for the Defendant-Appellant., Laura Fashing (Gregory J. Fouratt, U.S. Attorney, with her on the briefs), Office of the United States Attorney, District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, for the Plaintiff-Appellee.