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U.S. v. MARTINEZ

No. 00-50436.

274 F.3d 897 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cynthia L. MARTINEZ, also known as Cynthia Lyda, also known as Cynthia Lynn Hedum, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Angela S. Raba (argued), San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

M. Carolyn Fuentes (argued), San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JONES, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Cynthia Lyda, formerly Cynthia Martinez, appeals a sentence of thirty-two years' imprisonment under the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13 ("ACA"), which requires the district court to impose a punishment "like" the ten-year maximum imposed under Texas's concurrent sentencing requirements.1 We agree that, under the facts of this case, a federal sentence more than three times the length of the sentence...

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