United States Ninth Circuit

A violation of California Health & Safety Code section 11378, for possession of a controlled substance for sale, is categorically a "drug trafficking offense" under United States Sentencing Guidelines section 2L1.2(b)(1)(A).

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/02/2007
• Published 02/02/2007

Judges

• CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:, Before: FISHER and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges, and COLLINS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Cristina Gabrielidis, San Diego, CA, for defendant-appellant Manuel Jesus Valle-Montalbo., Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Richard C. Cheng, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.