United States v. Garza-Mendez, No. 12-13643 (11th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed the calculation of his sentence after pleading guilty to unlawful entry into the United States by an aggravated felon. The court concluded that the district court did not err in applying an 8-level sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. 2L1.2(b)(1)(C) where defendant pled guilty to an aggravated felony because he pled guilty to a state crime of violence and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of at least one year; the district court did not abuse his discretion by declining to accord defendant a departure or variance based on cultural assimilation; and defendant's reporting requirement from Mexico comported with the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors, particularly since this was his second deportation from the United States. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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