U.S. v. FLORES

No. 16-40868 Consolidated with 16-40890.

862 F.3d 486 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose FLORES, true name Galvin Javier Flores Cantarero, Defendant-Appellant United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Ricardo Flores, true name Calvin Xavier Flores Cantarero, also known as Galvin Flores-Cantarero, also known as Jose Ricardo, also known as Jose Flores, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Richard Berry , Andrew R. Gould , Renata Ann Gowie , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Evan Gray Howze , H. Michael Sokolow , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Jose Ricardo Flores appeals his sentences for illegal reentry into the United States and violating a condition of his supervised release. He contends that the district court, which incorrectly believed that it lacked the authority to run the sentences concurrently, erred by imposing consecutive

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