United States Ninth Circuit

A district court's imposition of a 16-level enhancement, and a sentence for illegal re-entry following deportation, are reversed and vacated, respectively, where the district court erred when it applied the sentencing enhancement predicated upon a determination that defendant's conviction for false imprisonment under Florida law constituted a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. section 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii).

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/10/2007
• Published 01/10/2007

Judges

• RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge., Before FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender, Tracy Friddle, Asst. Federal Public Defender (argued), Phoenix, AZ, for the defendant-appellant., Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney, Christina M. Cabanillas, Appellate Chief, Bruce M. Ferg, Asst. United States Attorney (argued), Tucson, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellee.