U.S. v. VELASQUEZ-MERCADO

No. 88-2621.

872 F.2d 632 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Efrain VELASQUEZ-MERCADO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie A. Meyers, Roland E. Dahlin, II, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Frances H. Stacy, Jeffery A. Babcock, John G. Crews, Asst. U.S. Attys., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GARWOOD, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Efrain Velasquez-Mercado appeals his sentence of thirty-six months in prison for bringing undocumented aliens into the United States and illegally transporting them. At issue is whether the district court made sufficient findings to depart upward from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Concluding that the district court's findings of fact are sufficient and its departure is reasonable, we affirm.

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