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Parties Involved:
Fernando Tovar-Espinoza
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-40984

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

FERNANDO TOVAR-ESPINOZA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:13-CR-457-1

Before DAVIS, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Fernando Tovar-Espinoza

raises an argument that he concedes is foreclosed by United States v. MoralesMota, 704 F.3d 410, 412 (5th Cir. 2013), which rejected the argument that the 

Texas offense of “burglary of a habitation” is broader than the generic, 

contemporary definition of “burglary of a dwelling” under U.S.S.G. 

§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) because it defines the “owner” of a habitation as a person 

 

* 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

June 16, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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with a “greater right to possession of the property than the actor.” Accordingly, 

the motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the 

district court is AFFIRMED.

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