United States Ninth Circuit

An information which alleged a prior felony drug conviction, to render defendant eligible for a mandatory minimum sentence, adequately identified the relevant prior conviction under the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/18/2002
• Decided 01/14/2003
• Published 01/14/2003

Judges

• Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, TROTT, RYMER, THOMAS, GOULD, PAEZ, BERZON, TALLMAN and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce L. Brown, Anchorage, AK, argued for the defendant-appellant., Stephen Cooper, Assistant United States Attorney, Fairbanks, AK, argued for the plaintiff-appellee.  Timothy M. Burgess, United States Attorney, Anchorage, AK, assisted on the brief.