U.S. v. ORTIZ-CHAVIRA

No. 16-40470.

873 F.3d 473 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Salvador ORTIZ-CHAVIRA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew R. Gould , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, John Moreno Parras , Federal Public Defender's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY and ELROD, Circuit Judges, and STARRETT, District Judge.


Jose Salvador Ortiz-Chavira ("Ortiz-Chavira") challenges the district court's application of a 12-level sentencing enhancement based on a previous burglary conviction under Texas law. There is no dispute that the district court erred in applying the 12-level enhancement under the Guidelines. But because that error was harmless, we affirm.<...

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