United States Fifth Circuit

Sentence for illegal reentry into the U.S. is affirmed, where Defendant's prior state conviction for arson was a "crime of violence" under the Immigration and Nationality Act, because an arson does not need to pose a threat of harm to a person to fall into that category.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/02/2009
• Published 06/02/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before KING, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Amy Howell Alaniz, McAllen, TX, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for U.S.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marjorie A. Meyers, Sarah Beth Landau, H. Michael Sokolow, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.