Opinion
No. 14-20286
02-11-2015
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ENRIQUE AVELLANEDA-JAIMES, also known as Jaimes Enrique Avellaneda, also known as Enrique Avellaneda Jaimes, also known as Enrique Avellaneda, also known as Enrique Jaimes Avellaneda, also known as Enrique Avella, Defendant-Appellant
Summary Calendar Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:14-CR-28-1
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
Enrique Avellaneda-Jaimes (Avellaneda) pleaded guilty to illegal reentry following deportation. In determining the sentence, the district court increased Avellaneda's offense level by eight levels, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(C), because he was convicted prior to his deportation of an aggravated felony, that is, the Texas offense of felony theft.
Avellaneda argues that the record does not establish the subsection of Texas's theft statute that he was convicted of violating, and that the state's theft statute encompasses conduct broader than the generic contemporary definition of theft because it criminalizes the appropriation of property that has been induced by fraud or deception. He concedes, however, that this issue is foreclosed by this court's decision in United States v. Rodriguez-Salazar, 768 F.3d 437, 438 (5th Cir. 2014), which was decided during the pendency of this appeal, and he states that he wishes to preserve the issue for further review by the Supreme Court.
AFFIRMED.