United States Fifth Circuit

Sentence for attempted illegal reentry into the U.S. is affirmed where a prior state conviction for delivery and possession with intent to deliver marijuana was a drug-trafficking offense for purposes of applying a sentence enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/26/2008
• Published 09/26/2008

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Amy Howell Alaniz (argued), 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, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Sarah Beth Landau (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.