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Parties Involved:
J. Consepcion Garcia-Jasso
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-40180

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

J. CONSEPCION GARCIA-JASSO,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:13-CR-1747

Before KING, JOLLY, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

J. Consepcion Garcia-Jasso appeals his sentence for illegal reentry. He 

contends that the district court erred by imposing a 16-level drug trafficking 

enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 for his 1991 Texas offense of aggravated

delivery of a controlled substance. He argues that the offense did not warrant 

the enhancement because the term “drug trafficking offense” in § 2L1.2 

requires remuneration, which is not an element under Texas Health and 

 

* 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

July 2, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Safety Code § 481.112(a) and (c) (1991). De novo review applies to his 

preserved objection. See United States v. Reyes-Mendoza, 665 F.3d 165, 166 

(5th Cir. 2011).

We recently rejected the argument that an offense must require 

remuneration to qualify as a drug trafficking offense under § 2L1.2. United 

States v. Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d 198, 201-05 (5th Cir. 2015). Accordingly, the 

judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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