U.S. v. VALDEZ-TORRES

No. 96-3040.

108 F.3d 385 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Damian VALDEZ-TORRES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa Alva, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the appellant. A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, was on brief.

Whitney C. Ellerman, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the appellee. Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, and Michael F. Tubach, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, HENDERSON and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Damian Valdez-Torres (Valdez-Torres) appeals the sentence he received for unarmed assault on an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) agent. He argues that the district court improperly used the "Aggravated Assault" provision of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) in sentencing him and should not have enhanced his sentence for using a dangerous...

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