U.S. v. RICO-MEJIA

No. 16-50022.

853 F.3d 731 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Gustavo RICO-MEJIA, also known as Juan Gustavo Rico-Mejia, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed February 10, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Elizabeth Berenguer , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Donna F. Coltharp , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Maureen Scott Franco , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Western District of Texas, for San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and KING and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


Jose Gustavo Rico-Mejia pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry into the United States. The district court sentenced Rico-Mejia to 41 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. In making its sentencing determination, the district court imposed a sixteen-level enhancement for a past conviction under Arkansas law, on the grounds...

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