United States Ninth Circuit

Increasing a defendant's sentence where the victim's of defendant's crime were "vulnerable," under USSG 3A1.1(b), may apply where the class of victims is made up of illegal aliens.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/15/2000
• Decided 08/27/2001
• Published 08/27/2001

Judges

• KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:, Before:  KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel P. Blank, Assistant Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, California, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, California, for the appellee.