Source: https://casetext.com/case/us-v-romero-abrajan
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 00:39:50+00:00

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Christine Y. Wong, Assistant U.S., United States Attorney's Office, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Erik G. Babcock, Law Office of Erik G. Babcock, Oakland, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, D. Lowell Jensen, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. 4:07-CR-00707-DLJ.
Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Victor Gustavo Romero-Abrajan appeals from the 60-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Romero-Abrajan contends that the district court erred when it applied a 16-level "crime of violence" adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii), based on his prior conviction for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, in violation of California Penal Code § 273.5. Romero-Abrajan's argument is foreclosed by United States v. Laurico-Yeno, 590 F.3d 818, 823 (9th Cir. 2010) (holding that a conviction under California Penal Code § 273.5 is categorically a "crime of violence" under the Guidelines because the offense requires the intentional use of physical force against the person of another).

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