United States v. Morales -Perez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 05-10115 v.  D.C. No.

CR-04-00094-JCM

RODRIGO ALEJANDRO MORALES-

PEREZ, OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 18, 2005—San Francisco, California

Filed February 22, 2006

Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Goodwin; Dissent by Judge Tallman COUNSEL

Rene L. Valladares, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the defendant-appellant.

Robert A. Bork, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the plaintiff-appellee. 1934 UNITED STATES v. MORALES-PEREZ

OPINION

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Rodrigo Alejandro Morales-Perez appeals his 70-month sentence for unlawful reentry of a deported alien. Morales- Perez contends that the district court erred in finding that his prior conviction for possession or purchase of cocaine base for…