UNITED STATES v. BLANCO

No. 21-40307.

27 F.4th 375 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector Fernando BLANCO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed March 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauretta Drake Bahry , 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, Kathryn Shephard , Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Owen, Chief Judge, and Higginbotham and Elrod, Circuit Judges.


Hector Fernando Blanco was charged with forcibly and intentionally assaulting his then-girlfriend, Morgan Greer, on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that departed from Galveston, Texas. Blanco subsequently pleaded guilty. Based on his presentence report (PSR), which included a three-level "bodily injury" enhancement...

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