Lopez-DeLeon, No. 06-41553 A sentence for illegal reentry is affirmed where defendant's prior California conviction for sexual intercourse with a minor qualified as a "crime of violence" within section 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, as documents established that the victim in that matter was under the age of 14. [read post]

Williams, No. 05-6036"Convictions and sentences for various offenses, including narcotics trafficking, racketeering, and murder are affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in admitting one defendant's self-inculpatory out-of-court statements that also implicated another defendant; and 2) the district court abused its discretion in concluding that the methodology employed by the government's firearms identification expert met the reliability standard set forth… [read post]

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Aug. 31, 2005); Williams v. [read post]