United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for importing gamma-butyrolactone ("GBL") and possessing GBL is vacated where the district court committed plain error in applying the Sentencing Guidelines as mandatory.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/08/2005
• Published 12/08/2005

Judges

• FOGEL, District Judge., Before GRABER and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and JEREMY FOGEL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Marilyn E. Bednarski, Kaye, McLane & Bednarski, LLP, Pasadena, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Debra W. Yang, United States Attorney, Steven D. Clymer, Special Assistant United States Attorney, and Beong-Soo Kim, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.