United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's drug distribution conviction is affirmed, where Defendant made inculpatory statements after hearing his Miranda rights, but his sentence is vacated, where Defendant's suspended probationary sentence for a prior offense did not increase his criminal history points under the Sentencing Guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/18/2008
• Decided 03/24/2009
• Published 03/24/2009

Judges

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

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Alissa Sawano Peterson, Irvine, CA, for the defendant/appellant., Raymond O. Aghaian, Assistant United States Attorney, Riverside, CA, for the plaintiff/appellee.