U.S. v. RUVALCABA

No. 09-3782.

627 F.3d 218 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jaime RUVALCABA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Amy B. Cleary , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Blas E. Serrano , Assistant United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Amy B. Cleary , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Blas E. Serrano , Assistant United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: MARTIN and SILER, Circuit Judges; BELL, District Judge.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Jaime Ruvalcaba appeals the district court's reliance on his prior state convictions to apply the career offender enhancement in calculating his advisory Guidelines sentencing range. However, the district court properly applied the career offender enhancement and we therefore AFFIRM Ruvalcaba's sentence at the lower end of the properly calculated Guidelines range.

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Ruvalcaba pled...

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