United States Fifth Circuit

Petitioner's prior uncounseled misdemeanor conviction for illegal reentry, for which he received a probated sentence, did not violate his Sixth Amendment right to counsel, thus it could serve as a predicate for the instant conviction for felony illegal reentry.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/02/2003
• Published 04/02/2003

Judges

• KING, Chief Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mitchel Neurock, Laredo, TX, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Roland E. Dahlin, II, Fed. Pub. Def., Jose I. Gonzalez-Falla and Brent Evan Newton, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defenders, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.