Immigration

A citizen of Honduras and Mexico who was not allowed to speak at his sentencing hearing got his 27-month term <strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Immig.5th.pdf" target="_blank">reversed by the Fifth Circuit</a></strong>; the plain error “may have saddled him with a longer than needed sentence" for re-entry after deportation.

NEW ORLEANS — A citizen of Honduras and Mexico who was not allowed to speak at his sentencing hearing got his 27-month term reversed by the Fifth Circuit ; the plain error “may have saddled him with a longer than needed sentence" for re-entry after deportation.

Categories / Appeals, Courts, Criminal

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