Defendant’s sentence for illegally reentering the U.S. is affirmed where kidnapping under Cal. Penal Code section 207(a) and second-degree robbery under Cal. Penal Code section 211, of which defendant was convicted, are “crimes of violence” under Section 2L1.2 of the Sentencing Guidelines.

Read US v. Juarez-Galvan, No. 08-3211

Appellate Information

Filed July 20, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Tacha

Counsel

For Appellant:

Timothy J. Henry, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas, Wichita, KS

For Appellee:

Leon Patton, Assistant United States Attorney Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, Wichita, KS

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