United States v. Armando Silex

907 F.2d 488 | 5th Cir. | 1990

907 F.2d 488

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Armando SILEX, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 89-8008.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1990.

Charles Louis Roberts, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Philip Police, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ronald F. Ederer, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; Harry Lee Hudspeth, Circuit Judge.

Before GEE, DAVIS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

ON SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

PER CURIAM:

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Treating the suggestion for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing, it is ordered that the petition for panel rehearing is GRANTED.

2

We withdraw our unpublished opinion affirming the enhanced sentence of Silex, based on our Circuit's formerly controlling authority of United States v. Leonard, 868 F.2d 1393 (5th Cir.1989), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 110 S.Ct. 2585, 110 L.Ed.2d 266 (1990). Leonard's reasoning is rejected by the Supreme Court in Taylor v. United States, --- U.S. ----, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990). We therefore VACATE the sentence of Silex and REMAND this cause for proceedings consistent with the opinion in Taylor. It is so

3

ORDERED.

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