United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for attempted illegal entry is affirmed, over claims that the district court's plea colloquy was inadequate under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 and that an enhancement of defendant's sentence violated Apprendi, where any such errors did not warrant relief under the plain error standard of review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/31/2006
• Published 08/31/2006

Judges

• Before D.W. NELSON, HAWKINS, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Zugman, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Stacey H. Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney,U.S. Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.