United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's sentence based on his entry of two guilty pleas, one for illegal reentry, and the other for escape while awaiting sentencing on the first charge, is affirmed where: 1) the plain language of 18 U.S.C. section 3584(a) authorized the district court's imposition of defendant's partially concurrent and partially consecutive sentence for the escape charge; and 2) there was no plain error in declining to offer a reduction for acceptance of responsibility on the illegal reentry charge while also enhancing defendant's sentence based on his obstruction of justice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/30/2010
• Published 07/30/2010

Judges

• Michael W. Mosman

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Karen S. Lindholdt, James A. McDevitt