United States Ninth Circuit

A sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) jury instructions relating to possession of a gun with a serial number that had been "altered or obliterated" for purposes of sentence enhancement; 2) qualification of a particular gun for sentence enhancement; and 3) a reasonableness challenge under Booker.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/16/2006
• Decided 04/25/2006
• Published 04/25/2006

Judges

• WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Amanda K. Ruiz, Federal Public Defenders, San Jose, CA, for defendant-appellant Ramon Romero-Martinez., Merry Jean Chan, Assistant United States Attorney, Oakland, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.