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Parties Involved:
Angel Hernandez-Cifuentes
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-40550

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ANGEL HERNANDEZ-CIFUENTES,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:15-CR-928-1

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Angel Hernandez-Cifuentes appeals the sentence he received following 

his guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry. He argues that the district court 

erred in assessing a 16-level increase under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b) based on the 

determination that he was previously deported following a conviction for a 

crime of violence (COV). Hernandez-Cifuentes contends that his prior Georgia 

conviction for aggravated assault is not a COV because the Georgia offense is 

 

* 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 24, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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broader than the generic definition of aggravated assault as it does not require 

an intent to injure but instead requires only the intent to commit an act that 

places another in reasonable apprehension of injury. Hernandez-Cifuentes 

cites to United States v. Hernandez-Rodriguez, 788 F.3d 193 (5th Cir. 2015), in 

support of his contentions.

The arguments raised by Hernandez-Cifuentes are identical to those 

raised by the defendant and rejected by this court in United States v. TorresJaime, 821 F.3d 577, 582-85 (5th Cir. 2016), petition for cert. filed (Sept. 1, 

2016) (No. 16-5853). Relying on prior unpublished decisions and the Model 

Penal Code, the Torres-Jaime court held that the Georgia offense was the 

equivalent of the generic offense of aggravated assault under the common 

sense approach. Id. Thus, the district court did not err in determining that 

Hernandez-Cifuentes’s prior Georgia conviction for aggravated assault was a 

COV and in applying the 16-level § 2L1.2(b) enhancement.

Accordingly, Hernandez-Cifuentes’s motion for summary disposition is 

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

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