Gonzalez-Perez
United States v. Gonzalez-Perez
Opinion
Opinion
Rawlinson COUNSEL, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 05-10693 v. D.C. No.
CR-04-01554-JMR
ABEU GONZALEZ-PEREZ, A.K.A.
Oscar Ortiz-Garcia, OPINION Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona John M. Roll, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted September 11, 2006—San Francisco, California
Filed January 10, 2007
Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez, William A. Fletcher, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Rawlinson COUNSEL
Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender, Tracy Friddle, Asst. Federal Public Defender (argued), Phoenix, Arizona, for the defendant-appellant.
Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney, Christina M. Cabanillas, Appellate Chief, Bruce M. Ferg, Asst. United States Attorney (argued), Tucson, Arizona, for the plaintiff- appellee.
OPINION
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
On appeal, Abeu Gonzalez-Perez challenges his sentence 260 UNITED STATES v. GONZALEZ-PEREZ on the basis that the district court erred in applying a 16-level…