United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction under section 12-4(b)(1) of the Illinois aggravated battery statute is a "crime of violence" for sentence-enhancement purposes. A sentence for illegally reentering the country after having been deported is affirmed over his challenges to the imposition of a sixteen-level sentence enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2006
• Published 09/27/2006

Judges

• KING, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Denise B. Williams, Lubbock, TX, for U.S., Jerry V. Beard, Helen Miller Liggett, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defenders, Lubbock, TX, for Velasco.