United States Fifth Circuit

Sentence for reentry into the U.S. following removal is affirmed, where: 1) Defendant's counsel in the District Court advocated a sentencing range now disavowed by his appellate counsel, and thus Defendant invited the error; and 2) Defendant suffered no prejudice from the error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2009
• Published 04/09/2009

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Carmen Castillo Mitchell, David Clayton Searle (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Defender, Timothy William Crooks, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.