United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for entering the United States without permission is affirmed over his claim that 8 U.S.C. section 1326 is unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000).

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2004
• Decided 06/13/2005
• Published 06/13/2005

Judges

• HALL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before REINHARDT, HALL, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Edmund Burke, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Carol C. Lam, U.S. Atty., Anne Kristina Perry, Asst. U.S. Atty., United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.