Morales-Perez
United States v. Morales-Perez
Opinion
Opinion
Tallman, J.
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 May 31, 2006
Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Tallman
5911 5914 UNITED STATES v. MORALES-PEREZ
COUNSEL
Rene L. Valladares, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the appellant.
Elizabeth A. Olson, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, D.C., for the appellee.
OPINION
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
Rodrigo Alejandro Morales-Perez (“Morales-Perez”) pled guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He appeals his 70-month sen- tence, arguing that the district court erred when it concluded that his prior conviction under…