United States Fifth Circuit

A sentence for unlawful reentry into the U.S. after deportation is affirmed where the district court did not err in applying a "crime of violence" sentence enhancement for a prior burglary conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/26/2007
• Published 11/27/2007

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, SMITH and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michele Palacios, McAllen, TX, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for U.S.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., Margaret Christina Ling and Laura Fletcher Leavitt, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defenders, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.