Latu

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-10815 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-04-00387-DAE

KONILETI LATU,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii David A. Ezra, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 12, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed March 19, 2007

Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez, William A. Fletcher, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Rawlinson COUNSEL

Peter C. Wolff, Jr., Federal Public Defender; Donna M. Gray, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the appellant. 3276 UNITED STATES v. LATU Edward H. Kubo, Jr., United States Attorney; Marshall H. Silverberg, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the appellee.

OPINION

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

Konileti Latu (Latu), pled guilty to two counts of illegal possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A) and § 922(g)(5)(B), respectively. Latu reserved the right to appeal the district court’s denial of three motions to…