U.S. v. MORALES-ALONSO

No. 16-14925.

878 F.3d 1311 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paulino MORALES-ALONSO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trevor Clifford Wilmot , Christopher Conrad Bly , John Andrew Horn , Lawrence R. Sommerfeld , U.S. Attorney's Office, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Colin M. Garrett , Stephanie A. Kearns , Federal Defender Program, Inc., ATLANTA, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JULIE CARNES, EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


This appeal requires us to decide whether Georgia aggravated assault as defined by O.C.G.A § 16-5-21(a)(2) is a crime of violence under the operative version of § 2L1.2 of the Sentencing Guidelines. Defendant Paulino Morales-Alonso was convicted in 2016 of illegally reentering the United States, in violation...

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