Opinion ID: 171535
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Text: Defendant-Appellant Rafael Perez-Gutierrez was charged with illegal reentry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b). Perez-Gutierrez entered into a plea agreement pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C). The plea agreement contained a waiver of the right to appeal. The presentence report (“PSR”) provided for an eight-level enhancement of the offense level, concluding Perez-Gutierrez’s prior conviction for unauthorized use of a vehicle under Texas law constituted a prior aggravated felony under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”). At the sentencing hearing before the district court, neither party objected to the offense level set forth in the PSR. The district court accepted the offense level set forth in the PSR and imposed a sentence of thirty months. On appeal, the government confesses error and declines to seek enforcement of the waiver of appeal in the plea agreement. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we hold the district court erred in concluding Perez-Gutierrez’s prior conviction for unauthorized use of a vehicle constituted an aggravated felony. We therefore reverse the decision of the district court and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.