Stephens

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-50170 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-00-03718

ANTONIO D. STEPHENS,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California M. James Lorenz, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 12, 2005—Pasadena, California

Filed September 2, 2005

Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges, and Charles R. Weiner, District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Weiner; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Clifton

*The Honorable Charles R. Weiner, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Alice Fontier, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for defendant-appellant Antonio Damon Stephens. UNITED STATES v. STEPHENS 12083 Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Roger W. Haines, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Chief Appellate Section Criminal Division, Carol M. Lee, Assistant…