United States v. Reyna-Esparza

January 31, 2015 by Justia

Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to harbor an alien and subsequently challenged his sentence. The court applied a four-level enhancement for brandishing a weapon under U.S.S.G. 2L1.1(b)(5)(B) and sentenced him to 108 months in prison. The court concluded that, in light of the record as a whole, the district court's finding that defendant displayed the weapon with intent to intimidate is plausible and there was no clear factual error. Accordingly, the court affirmed the application of the enhancement. View "United States v. Reyna-Esparza" on Justia Law