Mejia-Luna

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-10472 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-06-01736-RCC

MARCO ANTONIO MEJIA-LUNA,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Raner C. Collins, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 9, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed April 23, 2009

Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, William A. Fletcher and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman

4779 4782 UNITED STATES v. MEJIA-LUNA

COUNSEL

Harriette P. Levitt, Tucson, Arizona, for defendant-appellant Marco Antonio Mejia-Luna.

A.U.S.A. Munish Sharda (argued), A.U.S.A. Christina M. Cabanillas and Diane J. Humetewa, United States Attorney for the District of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona, for plaintiff- appellee United States of America.

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

After a three-day trial, a jury convicted Marco Antonio Mejia-Luna on two counts of transporting illegal aliens for private financial gain, causing serious bodily injury or placing in jeopardy the life of a person, in…