Smith-Baltiher
United States v. Smith-Baltiher
Opinion
Opinion
Reinhardt, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 03-50375 Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D.C. No.
CR-02-01867-BTM
GENARO SMITH-BALTIHER,
OPINION
Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Barry T. Moskowitz, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted December 8, 2004—Pasadena, California
Filed September 9, 2005
Before: Stephen Reinhardt, Robert R. Beezer, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Reinhardt
12871 12874 UNITED STATES v. SMITH-BALTIHER
COUNSEL
Matthew C. Winter, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant.
Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney; Roger W. Haines, Jr., Christopher M. Alexander, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The issues presented include how courts should determine in a criminal proceeding whether a defendant is a citizen or an alien and whether a good faith belief that one is a citizen is enough to defeat a charge of attempted illegal…