United States v. Duarte

After he was apprehended on March 15, 2008, near El Paso, within a few days of wading across the Rio Grande into Texas, Jorge Heriberto Duarte, a Mexican national, pled guilty to illegal reentry on June 19, 2008, and on August 29 he received a sentence of forty-six months imprisonment, at the low end of the range advised under the federal sentencing guidelines. A previous drug felony, which led to a brief prison term and then removal in May 2007, dramatically increased Duartes sentencing range under the Guidelines.