United States Ninth Circuit

An illegal reentry defendant's 1999 Nevada conviction for simple drug possession is an aggravated felony under U.S.S.G. section 2L1.2 and 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43).

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/12/2002
• Decided 09/18/2002
• Published 09/18/2002

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge., Before: FISHER and PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and WHELAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald C. Rachow, Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, NV, for the plaintiff-appellee., Michael K. Powell, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Reno, NV, for the defendant-appellant.