United States v. Rosalio Salas , 592 F. App'x 304 ( 2015 )


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  •      Case: 14-10164      Document: 00512922776         Page: 1    Date Filed: 02/02/2015
    IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
    No. 14-10164
    Summary Calendar
    United States Court of Appeals
    Fifth Circuit
    FILED
    February 2, 2015
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Lyle W. Cayce
    Clerk
    Plaintiff-Appellee
    v.
    ROSALIO SANCHEZ SALAS,
    Defendant-Appellant
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Northern District of Texas
    USDC No. 4:13-CR-96-1
    Before BENAVIDES, SOUTHWICK, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM: *
    Rosalio Sanchez Salas appeals his 71-month sentence of imprisonment
    imposed following his guilty-plea conviction of illegal reentry into the United
    States after deportation. He argues that the district court characterized his
    prior Texas conviction for indecency with a child by contact as a crime of
    violence under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 based solely on the presentence report and
    without the documentation required by Shepard v. United States, 
    544 U.S. 13
    * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
    be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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: 14-10164    Document: 00512922776      Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/02/2015
    No. 14-10164
    (2005). Because Sanchez Salas did not challenge the 16-level enhancement on
    these grounds in the district court, we review only for plain error. See United
    States v. Chavez-Hernandez, 
    671 F.3d 494
    , 498-99 (5th Cir. 2012). To establish
    plain error, Sanchez Salas must show a forfeited error that is clear or obvious
    and that affects his substantial rights. See Puckett v. United States, 
    556 U.S. 129
    , 135 (2009).     If Sanchez Salas makes such a showing, we have the
    discretion to correct the error but only if it seriously affects the fairness,
    integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings. See 
    id.
    After Sanchez Salas filed his appeal, the Government supplemented the
    record with a number of documents relating to Sanchez Salas’s prior
    conviction. See United States v. Garcia-Arellano, 
    522 F.3d 477
    , 480 n.1 (5th
    Cir. 2008). The indictment and the order on Sanchez Salas’s plea of guilty
    demonstrate that he was convicted of the second degree felony of indecency
    with a child by contact, a violation of Texas Penal Code § 21.11(a)(1). See TEX.
    PENAL CODE § 21.11(a)(1), (d); United States v. Elizondo-Hernandez, 
    755 F.3d 779
    , 781 (5th Cir. 2014). We have previously held that a conviction under
    § 21.11(a)(1) is a crime of violence for purposes of § 2L1.2. See Elizondo-
    Hernandez, 755 F.3d at 781. Sanchez Salas, therefore, has failed to show a
    clear or obvious error in the district court’s application of the 16-level
    enhancement. See Puckett, 
    556 U.S. at 135
     (2009). Because he has failed to
    show error, we do not consider the remaining elements of the plain error
    analysis. See Garcia-Arellano, 
    522 F.3d at 481
    . The judgment of the district
    court is AFFIRMED.
    2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 14-10164

Citation Numbers: 592 F. App'x 304

Filed Date: 2/2/2015

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 1/13/2023