United States of Amercia v. Celilio Moreno-Covea

Brownsville, Texas criminal defense lawyer Julianna Andrea Sosa represented Defendant who was charged with illegal reentry into the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and (b)(1)(1), which provide:



(a) In general Subject to subsection (b), any alien who—



(1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, and thereafter



(2) enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in, the United States, unless (A) prior to his reembarkation at a place outside the United States or his application for admission from foreign contiguous territory, the Attorney General has expressly consented to such alien's reapplying for admission; or (B) with respect to an alien previously denied admission and removed, unless such alien shall establish that he was not required to obtain such advance consent under this chapter or any prior Act, shall be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.



(b) Criminal penalties for reentry of certain removed aliensNotwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of any alien described in such subsection—

(1) whose removal was subsequent to a conviction for commission of three or more misdemeanors involving drugs, crimes against the person, or both, or a felony (other than an aggravated felony), such alien shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;

(2) whose removal was subsequent to a conviction for commission of an aggravated felony, such alien shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both;

Defendant was sentenced to time served, was ordered to be under supervised release for 2 years and was assessed $100.00.



The charged against Defendant was filed on December 21, 2023.