United States Eighth Circuit

A sentence for illegal reentry following deportation, enhanced based on his prior conviction of an "aggravated felony", is affirmed where defendant's prior state conviction for possession of forged documents with intent to defraud or perpetuate a fraud was sufficiently related to the false making or material alteration of a document with the intent to deceive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/29/2008
• Published 05/29/2008

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Timothy S. Ross-Boon, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William C. Purdy, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellee.