United States Ninth Circuit

After the decision in U.S. v. Gaudin, 515 U.S. 506 (1995), the materiality of a false statement is one of the factual predicates of an obstruction of justice enhancement under U.S.S.G. section 3C1.1, and the court of appeals must remand where the district court fails to make a finding on this point.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/05/2007
• Published 01/05/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before: REINHARDT, KOZINSKI and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kasha K. Pollreisz, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Bruce C. Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.