United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for attempted reentry into the U.S. following removal is affirmed, where the District Court's explanation of the reasons for the sentence was insufficient but did not substantially prejudice Defendant, and there was no showing that the sentence was substantively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2009
• Published 03/26/2009

Judges

• JENNIFER W. ELROD, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, DENNIS and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Richard Berry (argued) and James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., Timothy William Crooks, Asst. Fed. Pub Def. (argued), Sarah Beth Landau, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.