United States v. Renteria-Martinez

Defendant was convicted of simple possession of cocaine. On appeal, defendant challenged the district court's application of a 16-level sentence enhancement under USSG 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) based on a prior Texas state conviction that the district court found to be a drug trafficking offense. The court concluded, assuming arguendo, defendant has shown that the district court committed clear or obvious error, the district court's error did not seriously affect the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Accordingly, the court declined to exercise its discretion to remedy the district court's error under the fourth prong of plain error review, and affirmed the judgment. View "United States v. Renteria-Martinez" on Justia Law