United States Ninth Circuit

A state drug conviction, for which the maximum sentence is probation, cannot be an "aggravated felony" which triggers a sentence enhancement under section 2L1.2(b)(1)(A) of the 2000 U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2001
• Decided 02/14/2002
• Published 02/14/2002

Judges

• BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge., Before: B. FLETCHER, BOOCHEVER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Linda C. Boone, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellee., James Sun Park, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendant-appellant.