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Date Created: 2017-05-25 18:04:16.4758+00
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Case: 16-40328      Document: 00514006656         Page: 1    Date Filed: 05/25/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                                                            United States Court of Appeals

                                    No. 16-40328
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit

                                                                                   FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                             May 25, 2017
                                                                              Lyle W. Cayce
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                                          Clerk

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JORGE TURRUBIARTES-GONZALEZ, also known as Rolando De La Cruz,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 7:15-CR-1457-1

Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Jorge Turrubiartes-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to a single-count indictment
charging him with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien in violation of
8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) & (b). On appeal, he argues that the district court erred in
applying the 12-level “crime of violence” enhancement under U.S.S.G.
§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) (2015) based on his prior conviction of burglary of a
habitation in violation of Texas Penal Code § 30.02(a).

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
    Case: 16-40328      Document: 00514006656    Page: 2   Date Filed: 05/25/2017

                                  No. 16-40328

      We review de novo the district court’s interpretation and application of
the Sentencing Guidelines, including its determination that a defendant’s prior
conviction qualifies as a “crime of violence” under § 2L1.2. United States v.
Diaz-Corado, 648 F.3d 290, 292 (5th Cir. 2011). In United States v. Conde-
Castaneda, 753 F.3d 172, 176-77 (5th Cir. 2014), we held that § 30.02(a) is a
divisible statute and that a conviction under § 30.02(a)(1) qualifies as a generic
burglary. We recently revisited the holding in Conde-Castaneda in light of
Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016). United States v. Uribe, 838
F.3d 667, 670 (5th Cir. 2016) cert. denied, 2017 WL 661924 (Mar. 20, 2017) (No.
16-7969). In Uribe, we decided that § 30.02(a) “is elements-based, it is divisible
and the modified categorical approach applies.” Id. at 671. The state court
documents clearly show that Turrubiartes-Gonzalez was convicted under
subsection (a)(1) of the Texas burglary statute. Accordingly, the district court
properly applied the 12-level “crime of violence” enhancement under
§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii).
      AFFIRMED.

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