United States v. Francisco Jimenez-Arzate
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 12-50373 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 3:12-cr-01421-LAB-1
FRANCISCO JIMENEZ-ARZATE,
Defendant-Appellant. OPINION
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted November 19, 2014—Pasadena, California
Filed January 12, 2015
Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges, and Matthew F. Kennelly, District Judge.*
Per Curiam Opinion
* The Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation. 2 UNITED STATES V. JIMENEZ-ARZATE
SUMMARY**
Criminal Law
The panel affirmed a sentence for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation in a case in which the district court found that the defendant’s prior conviction for violation of Calif. Penal Code § 245(a)(1) is categorically a crime of violence for federal sentencing purposes.
The panel rejected the defendant’s contentions (1)…