United States First Circuit

Sentence for illegal re-entry following an earlier deportation for an aggravated felony conviction is affirmed where the defendant failed to object to the characterization of his prior conviction, there was no plain error in the sentencing court's addition of an enhancement for a drug trafficking offense, and the sentence was reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2006
• Published 11/14/2006

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CYR and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William W. Fick and Foley Hoag, LLP, on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa and Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief, for appellee.