Opinion ID: 779895
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: one year sentence requirement

Text: 9 Gonzalez also contends that the 16-level enhancement only applies to crimes of violence that result in a sentence of more than one year. We reject Gonzalez's argument that the definition of crime of violence provided by the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 limits its application to those crimes which result in a sentence exceeding one year because that portion of the Sentencing Guidelines does not apply to Gonzalez. 10 The 16-level sentencing enhancement Gonzalez received was based on his conviction for an aggravated felony. U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A). The Application Notes to this portion of the Sentencing Guidelines point to 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43) for the definition of aggravated felony, which reads a crime of violence ... for which the term of imprisonment is at least one year. Gonzalez's conviction fulfills these requirements. Since Gonzalez committed an aggravated felony for purposes of the Sentencing Guidelines, and not a misdemeanor crime of violence, the language that applies to his conviction is at least one year, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(f) and not exceeding one year, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2. 11 We have interpreted the clause at least one year to include those crimes that receive a sentence of exactly one year. In Matsuk v. INS we held that an assault conviction carrying a 365-day sentence meets the statutory definition of an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F). Matsuk v. INS, 247 F.3d 999, 1001-02 (9th Cir.2001); see also Yanez-Saucedo, 295 F.3d at 996 n. 6.