United States v. Mateo Garza

How courts have described this case

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• requiring that courts “look at the specifics of the situation”, and prohibiting “the implication of a per se rule”, in applying the enhancement
• noting that “we have implied that we will not create ... per se rules” in the fact-intensive context of this enhancement
• explaining that this circuit does not apply per se rules in Section 2L1.1(b)(6) cases
• stating that transporting persons in a trunk or engine compartment of a vehicle per se creates a substantial risk of serious injury or death because those areas are not designed to hold human passengers
• stating that transporting persons in a trunk or engine compartment of a vehicle per se creates a substantial risk of serious injury or death because those areas are not designed to hold human passengers
• observing that transporting persons in a trunk or engine compartment of a vehicle per se creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury or death because those areas are not designed to hold human passengers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).