United States Fifth Circuit

A sentence for reentering the United States following deportation is affirmed where defendant's previous New York conviction for second-degree kidnapping under New York Penal Law section 135.20 was a "crime of violence" for purposes of an increased sentence under U.S.S.G. section 2L1.2.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/25/2007
• Published 04/26/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Mara A. Blatt, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Donna F. Coltharp, Lucien B. Campbell, Federal Public Defender, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.