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Case: 09-30512 Document: 00511285949 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/05/2010

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

                                                 FILED
                                                                          November 5, 2010
                                     No. 09-30512
                                   Summary Calendar                         Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                 Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

BRENES ESPINOZA-LAZO,

                                                   Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeals from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Louisiana
                             USDC No. 2:08-CR-104-1

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
       Brenes Espinoza-Lazo appeals his sentence following his guilty-plea
conviction for illegal reentry after deportation. He argues that the district court
plainly erred by relying on only the presentence report to conclude that one of
his prior convictions was a crime of violence warranting a 16-level sentence
enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii). Because Espinoza-Lazo
did not object in the district court to the application of the 16-level enhancement,

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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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                                  No. 09-30512

we review this issue for plain error. See United States v. Mondragon-Santiago,
564 F.3d 357, 361 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 192 (2009).
      A district court may not rely on the PSR’s characterization of a prior
offense. United States v. Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 274 (5th Cir. 2005).
However, we previously granted the Government’s motion to supplement the
appellate record with certified state court records of Espinoza-Lazo’s prior
offense. The indictment and judgment show that Espinoza-Lazo was convicted
of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit theft, a violation of Texas Penal
Code § 30.02(a)(1). We have previously held that such a conviction qualifies as
a crime of violence for purposes of a § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) enhancement. United
States v. Garcia-Mendez, 420 F.3d 454, 456-57 (5th Cir. 2005).
      Because the record as supplemented supports the district court’s
determination that Espinoza-Lazo had a prior conviction that warranted
application of the 16-level enhancement, he has not shown that the district
court’s error in relying on the PSR affected his substantial rights. See United
States v. Martinez-Cortez, 988 F.2d 1408, 1415-16 & n.37 (5th Cir. 1993).
Accordingly, Espinoza-Lazo has not established plain error. See Puckett v.
United States, 129 S. Ct. 1423, 1429 (2009).
      AFFIRMED.

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