Adams

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-30339 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-02-00021-CCL

RONALD BRUCE ADAMS,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Charles C. Lovell, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 14, 2005—Seattle, Washington

Filed January 3, 2006

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, Alex Kozinski, and Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Alarcón; Dissent by Judge Kleinfeld COUNSEL

Robert S. Mahler and Raymond J. Dearie, Jr., Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, Seattle, Washington; Daniel Donovan, Thompson Potts & Donovan PC, Great Falls, Montana, for the defendant-appellant.

William W. Mercer, United States Attorney, and Bernard F. Hubley, Assistant United States Attorney, Helena, Montana, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge:

Ronald Adams appeals from the district court’s order sen- tencing him to five years in prison and fining him $400,000. He contends that his guilty plea was not knowing, voluntary and…