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Parties Involved:
Maria Leticia Gutierrez-Orozco
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-40677

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MARIA LETICIA GUTIERREZ-OROZCO, also known as Leticia GutierrezOrosco,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:14-CR-394

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Maria Leticia Gutierrez-Orozco appeals the 46-month sentence imposed 

following her guilty plea conviction for being found in the United States after 

a previous deportation. For the first time on appeal, she contends that the 

district court plainly erred in imposing a 16-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. 

§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) based on her prior federal convictions for conspiracy to 

 

* 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 20, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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distribute 50 or more grams of methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute 

500 or more grams of cocaine because the statute of conviction, 21 U.S.C. § 846, 

does not require proof of commercial activity or proof of an overt act.

This argument is foreclosed by our holdings in United States v. MartinezLugo, 782 F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), United States v. Rodriguez-Bernal, 

783 F.3d 1002, 1003, 1008 (5th Cir. 2015), and United States v. RodriguezEscareno, 700 F.3d 751, 754-55 (5th Cir. 2012). Accordingly, Gutierrez-Orozco 

has shown no clear or obvious error with regard to her sentence. See Puckett 

v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135 (2009).

AFFIRMED. 

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