United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's drug and firearm sentence is affirmed where the district court did not plainly err in determining that defendant qualified as a career offender based on his prior convictions under California Health and Safety Code section 11351.5, which constitutes a controlled substance offense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/03/2009
• Decided 09/09/2009
• Published 09/09/2009

Judges

• CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:, Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Benjamin Lee Coleman, Coleman & Balogh LLP, on behalf of defendant-appellant Deon Andre Charles., E. Martin Estrada, Assistant United States Attorney, on behalf of plaintiff-appellee United States of America.