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Date: 05-16-2021
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Case Number: 2:21-cr-00007-SSV-JVM
Judge: Sarah S. Vance
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Orleans County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense immigration lawyer represented Defendant, Felipe Martinez-Rivera, age50, who was charged with a one-count bill of information for reentry of a deported alien previously convicted of a felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)and (b)(1).
According to the bill of information, MARTINEZ-RIVERA reentered the United States after he was previously deported on November 9, 1998. Furthermore, on or about May 18, 2010, MARTINEZ-RIVERA was convicted of illegal possession of less than one gram of cocaine in Harris County Texas – a felony under Texas law.
MARTINEZ-RIVERA faces a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years, a maximum fine of $250,000, a maximum term of supervised release of three years, and a mandatory $100 special assessment.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Department of Homeland Security in investigating this matter. Assistant U. S. Attorney Irene Gonzalez is in charge of the prosecution.
Outcome: Giilty
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