MacIas-valencia
United States v. MacIas-valencia
Opinion
Opinion
Graber, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 06-10711 Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D.C. No.
CR-06-00010-RMW
SALVADOR MACIAS-VALENCIA,
OPINION
Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Ronald M. Whyte, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted October 19, 2007* San Francisco, California
Filed December 5, 2007
Before: Robert R. Beezer, Stephen S. Trott, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Graber
*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
15985 UNITED STATES v. MACIAS-VALENCIA 15987
COUNSEL
Rommel Bondoc, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellant.
John N. Glang, Assistant United States Attorney, San Jose, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Does the mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, pre- scribed by 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(viii), apply to a convic- tion for conspiracy with intent to distribute, and attempted possession with intent to distribute, 50 grams or…