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Every decision we've filed under Criminal.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a defendant challenging a sentencing enhancement under the illegal reentry statute. The court held that the defendant's constitutional argument was foreclosed by binding Supreme Court precedent.
The Fifth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw filed by appointed counsel for Anthony Dechon Smith. The court dismissed the appeal after finding no nonfrivolous issues for review.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's revocation sentence where the defendant argued the court failed to orally pronounce certain discretionary conditions of supervised release. The court held that the district court sufficiently adopted the conditions by reference to the original judgment, leaving no error.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's sentence for illegal reentry and supervised release revocation. The court found no plain error in the sentencing calculations, the use of retributive factors, or the classification of the defendant's prior robbery as an aggravated felony.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's sentence for illegal reentry and supervised release revocation. The court found no plain error in the sentencing calculations, the name used in the revocation order, or the classification of the defendant's prior robbery as an aggravated felony.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw appointed counsel and dismissed the appeal. The court found that the appeal presented no nonfrivolous issues for review.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a forty-eight-month sentence for illegal reentry. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing an upward variance based on the defendant's criminal and removal history.
The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's motion to dismiss an appeal filed by Steven Andrew Holguin. The court held that Holguin's valid sentence-appeal waiver in his plea agreement foreclosed his challenge to his conviction and sentence.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by John Matthew Goines due to an insufficiently developed record. The court granted the appointed attorney's motion to withdraw after finding no nonfrivolous issues for review.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Jose Cutberto Arellano-Alvarado for illegal reentry. The court held that the defendant's constitutional challenge to the statutory sentencing enhancement was foreclosed by existing precedent.