United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction under California Penal Code sections 488 and 666 for "petit theft with a prior" qualifies as an aggravated felony, requiring a sixteen-level increase in sentence under USSG 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/11/2001
• Decided 12/08/2000
• Published 12/08/2000

Judges

• Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, RYMER, T.G. NELSON, KLEINFELD, THOMAS, McKEOWN, W. FLETCHER, FISHER, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Wendy S. Gerboth,Hulett Harper LLP, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Patrick K. O'Toole, United States Attorney, Roger W. Haines, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.