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Parties Involved:
Jose Lagos-Maradiaga
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-41264

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JOSE LAGOS-MARADIAGA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 5:13-CR-1357-1

Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Jose Lagos-Maradiaga appeals the 30-month sentence imposed following 

his guilty plea conviction for illegally reentering the United States after a 

previous deportation. For the first time on appeal, he contends that the district 

court plainly erred by imposing the 12-level drug trafficking enhancement of 

U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(B). We have rejected Lagos-Maradiaga’s argument that 

a state drug conviction must involve financial remuneration to constitute a 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

September 3, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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drug trafficking offense under § 2L1.2. See United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 

782 F.3d 198, 201-05 (5th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed (June 19, 2015) (No. 

14-10355). 

AFFIRMED.

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