United States Fifth Circuit

Sentence for attempting to enter the United States illegally is affirmed where a prior conviction under an Ohio statute constituted a drug-trafficking offense under the sentencing guidelines for sentence-enhancement purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/13/2008
• Published 08/13/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, STEWART and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lauretta Ann Drake, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for U.S.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., Laura Fletcher Leavitt, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Sarah Beth Landau, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.