United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's sentence enhancement under the US Sentencing Guidelines is affirmed since second degree arson under Washington law is categorically a crime of violence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/08/2005
• Published 11/08/2005

Judges

• ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge., Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, ALARCÓN and EDWARD LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anne Walstrom and Kurt Rowland, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Yakima, WA, for the defendant-appellant., James P. Hagarty, Assistant United States Attorney, Yakima, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee.