United States Second Circuit

Sentence imposed following plea to illegal reentry after deportation for an aggravated felony is affirmed over claim that the sentence erroneously fails to account for the lesser sentence defendant presumably would have received in one of the jurisdictions that use a "fast-track" or "early disposition" program, which allows a plea to a reduced sentence or to a lesser offense, such as entering the U.S. without inspection.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2006
• Published 08/22/2006

Judges

• DENNIS JACOBS, Circuit Judge., Before JACOBS, PARKER, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Deirdre D. Von Dornum, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Appellant Jorge Mejia.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Q. English, Assistant, United States Attorney (Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney;  Arthur Gollwitzer III, Harry Sandick, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), New York, NY, for Appellee United States.