Baza-Martinez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 05-10282 v. RUBEN BAZA-MARTINEZ, aka Ruben  D.C. No.

CR-04-01640-JMR

Baza-Martines, Ruben Baza

OPINION

Martinex, Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona John M. Roll, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 5, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed September 26, 2006

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Robert R. Beezer, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge B. Fletcher

11951 11954 UNITED STATES v. BAZA-MARTINEZ

COUNSEL

Micaela Portillo, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Tucson, Arizona, argued the case for the appellant; Jon M. Sands, Fed- eral Public Defender, and Brian I. Rademacher, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Tucson, Arizona, were on the briefs.

Elizabeth Berenguer, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Tucson, Ari- zona, argued the case for the appellee; Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney, and Christina M. Cabanillas, Appel- late Chief, were on the briefs.

OPINION

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

I.

Ruben Baza-Martinez appeals his…