United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for participating in a racially motivated assault against an African American man is affirmed where: 1) under U.S.S.G. section 3A1.1(a), the court acted properly in imposing the three-level enhancement at sentencing; and 2) the prosecution pointed to, and the district court relied on, specific and material instances of defendant's false testimony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/31/2010
• Published 08/31/2010

Judges

• Marsha S. Berzon

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• R. Wade Curtis, Thomas E. Perez