United States v. Solis-Garcia

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the defendant’s transportation of “eight individuals in a minivan designed to seat seven”— even worse, a minivan with only four seats—did not constitute “severe” overcrowding
• concluding that the reckless endangerment enhancement does not apply to a defendant transporting illegal aliens in the cargo area of a minivan who are not wearing seatbelts without proof of additional aggravating factors
• stating that an individual riding in the cargo area of a minivan “can easily extricate himself from his position on the floor of the van”
• noting that the enhancement \does not extend so far as to increase punishment for offenders simply for transporting illegal aliens without requiring them to wear seatbelts\
• “Defining the contours of this enhancement is dependent upon carefully applying the words of the guideline in a case-specific analysis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).