United States v. Sanchez,
179 F.Supp.2d 689 (W.D.Tex. Dec. 26, 2001) (Texas felony conviction
for possession of cocaine for personal use was not an aggravated
felony under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(C) (effective Nov. 1,
2001), requiring eight-level increase in offense level of
illegal re-entry conviction, since the new Guidelines in U.S.S.G.
§ 2L1.2, comment (n.1(B)(iii)), explicitly define "drug
trafficking offense" to exclude convictions for simple
possession, felonies or not), vacated by United States v.
Balderas-Sanchez, 57 Fed.Appx. 212 (5th Cir. Jan. 8, 2003).

jurisdiction: 
Lower Courts of Fifth Circuit

 

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