United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction and sentence for illegal reentry are affirmed and the court of appeals clarifies that an alien's prior physical removal remains one of the bases for sentence enhancement under 8 U.S.C. section 1326 and United States Sentencing Guideline section 2L1.2.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/18/2007
• Published 07/18/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  ALEX KOZINSKI, STEPHEN S. TROTT, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Marisa L. Dersey & Zandra L. Lopez, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Carol C. Lam, Roger W. Haines, Jr., Garrett M. Heenan & Mary D. Fan, United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.