U.S. v. DE LEON

No. 17-50881.

915 F.3d 386 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abel DE LEON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Richard Louis Durbin, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Laura G. Greenberg , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Maureen Scott Franco , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Abel De Leon, Pro Se.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and HO, Circuit Judges.


Abel De Leon signed an agreement pleading guilty of receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2) and (b). Yet at his initial sentencing hearing, De Leon claimed that he lacked the requisite mens rea, that the government had entrapped him, and that the factual basis of the plea was inaccurate...

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