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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Frankie Celso Villagran-Pecina
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-40489

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

FRANKIE CELSO VILLAGRAN-PECINA, also known as Antonio Quintanilla, 

also known as Frankie Villagran,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:14-CR-887-1

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Frankie Celso VillagranPecina raises an argument that he concedes is foreclosed by United States v. 

Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed 

(June 19, 2015) (No. 14-10355). In Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d at 204-05, we held 

that an enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) for a prior conviction 

 

* 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

October 22, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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of a drug trafficking offense is warranted regardless whether the conviction for 

the prior offense required proof of remuneration or commercial activity.

Accordingly, Villagran-Pecina’s unopposed motion for summary disposition is 

GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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