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U.S. v. TERAN-SALAS

No. 13-40884.

767 F.3d 453 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rogelio TERAN-SALAS, also known as Armando Teran-Salas, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 15, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Lee Turner , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Renata Ann Gowie , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Katherine Lisa Haden (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Laura Fletcher Leavitt (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Rogelio Teran-Salas appeals the district court's application of a sixteen-level sentence enhancement based on its holding that a prior conviction for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance under Texas law qualified as a drug trafficking offense and an aggravated felony. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On April 30, 2013, Teran-Salas was indicted on one count of being...

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