United States Fifth Circuit

A sentence for illegal re-entry is affirmed in part over a claim of error regarding classification of his previous state-felony conviction for third-degree criminal sexual conduct as a requisite "crime of violence" for purposes of sentence enhancement under the sentencing guidelines, and other claims are meritless or dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2006
• Published 04/21/2006

Judges

• RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKSDALE, STEWART and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Renata Ann Gowie, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S., Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., Timothy William Crooks, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Houston, TX, for Fernandez-Cusco.