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Summary: Case: 11-41103 Document: 00511907088 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/02/2012 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED July 2, 2012 No. 11-41103 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. BENIGNO AYALA-JUAREZ, also known as Benigno Juarez-Ayalanull also known as Benigno Juarez Ayala, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 5:11
Summary: Case: 11-41103 Document: 00511907088 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/02/2012 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED July 2, 2012 No. 11-41103 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. BENIGNO AYALA-JUAREZ, also known as Benigno Juarez-Ayalanull also known as Benigno Juarez Ayala, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 5:11-..
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Case: 11-41103 Document: 00511907088 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/02/2012
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
July 2, 2012
No. 11-41103
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
BENIGNO AYALA-JUAREZ, also known as Benigno Juarez-Ayalanull also
known as Benigno Juarez Ayala,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 5:11-CR-330-1
Before BENAVIDES, STEWART, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Benigno Ayala-Juarez (Ayala) appeals the sentence he received after he
pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and to possession
of ammunition by a convicted felon. Each count charged a violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g)(1). Ayala argues that under United States v. Berry,
977 F.2d 915,
919-20 (5th Cir. 1992), his conviction and sentence on one of his counts must be
vacated because his two convictions and sentences are multiplicitous and violate
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
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the Double Jeopardy Clause. The government agrees and has filed an
Unopposed Motion for Summary Remand in lieu of Filing Appellee’s Brief.
The government’s motion is GRANTED. Ayala’s sentences are VACATED,
and the case is REMANDED for dismissal of the multiplicitous count and for
resentencing on the count selected by the government. See Berry, 977 F.2d at
919-20; United States v. Osunegbu,
822 F.2d 472, 481 (5th Cir. 1987).
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