UNITED STATES v. DECKERT

No. 19-40292.

993 F.3d 399 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Ben DECKERT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri Lynn Hagan , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Plano, TX, Michelle Suzanne Englade , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

L. Charles van Cleef , Van Cleef Law Office, Longview, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Dennis, Southwick, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines provide for a longer sentence—in the form of a two-level enhancement—when a defendant not only commits a crime, but also recklessly endangers others while fleeing a law enforcement officer in hopes of evading arrest for that crime. U.S.S.G. § 3C1.2.

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