United States Ninth Circuit

Sentence for illegally reentering the U.S. after deportation is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion by concluding that defendant's rap sheet was sufficiently reliable, and the district court did not clearly err in finding that defendant committed four prior misdemeanors.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/18/2008
• Decided 02/05/2009
• Published 02/05/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  MYRON H. BRIGHT,STEPHEN S. TROTT, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James H. Locklin, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant., Antoine F. Raphael, Assistant United States Attorney, Riverside, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.