U.S. v. YANEZ-HUERTA

No. 99-50363 Summary Calendar.

207 F.3d 746 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tomas YANEZ-HUERTA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Angela J. Moore, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Henry Joseph Bemporad, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Defendant pleaded guilty to illegal reentry as a deported alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. The district court denied defendant's motion for a downward departure, because his five-year suspended term of imprisonment for a prior aggravated felony rendered him ineligible for a downward departure in sentencing based on the seriousness of the underlying felony. We AFFIRM.

I.

In December 1996, Defendant Tomas Yanez-Huerta, a Mexican...

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