United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for being found unlawfully present in the United States following deportation is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) admission of evidence; 2) a determination that defendant's prior burglary offense was a crime of violence; and 3) and a constitutional challenge to 8 U.S.C. section 1326(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/27/2006
• Published 03/28/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, Michelle Palacios, McAllen, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Brent Evan Newton, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.