Avendano-Soto
United States v. Avendano-Soto
Opinion
Opinion
Bennett, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-281 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 4:21-cr-01527-
SHR-DTF-
v.
CESAR ALEJANDRO
OPINION
AVENDANO-SOTO,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Scott H. Rash, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 18, 2024* San Francisco, California
Filed September 12, 2024
Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr., Mark J. Bennett, and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Bennett
* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). USA V. AVENDANO-SOTO
SUMMARY**
Criminal Law
The panel affirmed the defendant’s conviction and sentence following his guilty plea to assaulting a federal officer resulting in bodily injury. The defendant brought a due process challenge to the voluntariness of his guilty plea, contending under Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969), that the district court’s inquiry into his waiver of rights was insufficient. The panel rejected this argument because the record reflects that the…