United States of America v. Gustavo Adrian-Soria

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal.

n July 2024, Lopez-Soria pled guilty of illegally reentering the United
States after being deported in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). The
Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) stated that Lopez-Soria had been
removed from the United States twice: in March 2018 and May 2020. It also
recounted his seven criminal convictions—three for drug possession, one for
identity fraud, one for escape, one for unlawful reentry, and one for failing to
identify and giving false identifying information.

Four of these crimes—the escape, identity fraud, and two drug
convictions—were committed before Lopez-Soria’s first removal in 2018.
After that, he illegally returned to the United States and was convicted for
unlawful reentry, resulting in his second removal in May 2020. After he
illegally returned once more, he was convicted of his third drug crime and for
failing to identify while giving false information. All told, Lopez-Soria
committed four crimes before his first removal in 2018 and two more after
his second removal in 2020.

At sentencing, the district court adopted the PSR without objection
and sentenced Lopez-Soria to a within-guidelines sentence of 86 months’
imprisonment and three years’ supervised release. In support, the district
court referenced three § 3553(a) factors: Lopez-Soria’s history and
characteristics; the nature and circumstances of the offense; and the need to
promote respect for the law.

The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 86 months in prison.

Affirmed