United States Ninth Circuit

A sentence for attempting to reenter the U.S. following deportation is affirmed where: 1) under the modified categorical approach, defendant's prior California conviction for first degree residential burglary under California Penal Code section 459 constituted a crime of violence under the Guidelines; and 2) thus, the district court properly applied a sixteen-level sentence enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/09/2006
• Decided 04/28/2008
• Published 04/28/2008

Judges

• Before DAVID R. THOMPSON, THOMAS G. NELSON, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Vincent J. Brunkow, Steven F. Hubachek, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the Defendant-Appellant., Steven E. Stone, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the Plaintiff-Appellee.