Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2010-07-12 23:35:26+00
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Case: 08-41337     Document: 00511170368          Page: 1    Date Filed: 07/12/2010

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                 FILED
                                                                            July 12, 2010
                                       No. 08-41337
                                                                            Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                 Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

FRANCISCO DE JESUS RODRIGUEZ,

                                                   Defendant-Appellant

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No.1:08-CR-697-ALL

 ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Before REAVLEY, JOLLY, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
        Defendant-Appellant Francisco De Jesus Rodriguez pleaded guilty to being
found unlawfully in the United States after deportation following a conviction
for an aggravated felony and was sentenced to a 33-month term of
imprisonment. Rodriguez appealed his sentence, arguing that (1) the second of
his possession convictions should not have been considered an aggravated felony
for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(C) because the government failed to prove

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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.
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that it was committed after his first possession conviction had become final, and
(2) the government failed to prove that his second conviction was secured in
compliance with 21 U.S.C. § 851. We affirmed the judgment of the district court.
United States v. Rodriguez, 348 F. App’x 960, 963 (5th Cir. 2009).          After
Rodriguez petitioned for a writ of certiorari, the Supreme Court vacated our
decision and remanded the case for consideration in light of Carachuri-Rosendo
v. Holder, __S. Ct. __, 2010 WL 2346552 (June 14, 2010) (No. 09-60). Rodriguez
v. United States, __S. Ct.__, 2010 WL 85958 (June 21, 2010) (No. 09-8474). In
accordance with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Carachuri-Rosendo, we VACATE
the sentence and REMAND for resentencing.

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