United States v. Gonzalez-Chavez, ___ F.3d ___ , 2005 WL 3196524 (5th Cir. Nov. 30, (2005) (district court not permitted to consider facts contained in presentence report in determining nature of prior offense of conviction in deciding whether the apply sentence enhancement for aggravated felony, because PSR facts are not explicit findings the Florida court made or used in adjudicating guilt), citing United States v. Bonilla-Mungia, 422 F.3d 316, 321 (5th Cir. Aug. 23, 2005); United States v. Garcia-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268 (5th Cir. May 18, 2005) ("[A] district court is not permitted to rely on a PSRs characterization of a defendants prior offense for enhancement purposes.").

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