Higuera-Llamos
United States v. Higuera-Llamos
Opinion
Opinion
Wallace, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 07-10602 v. LUIS ARMANDO HIGUERA-LLAMOS, D.C. No.
CR-07-00045-JAT
Luis aka Luis Llamas, aka
OPINION
Armando Kaiser, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James A. Teilborg, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted January 15, 2009—San Francisco, California
Filed July 31, 2009
Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Jerome Farris and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Wallace
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COUNSEL
Lynn T. Hamilton, Hamilton Law Office, Mesa, Arizona for the defendant-appellant.
Diane J. Humetewa, United States Attorney, District of Ari- zona, John R. Lopez IV, Deputy Appellate Chief and Karen S. McDonald, Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, Ari- zona for the plaintiff-appellee. 10014 UNITED STATES v. HIGUERA-LLAMOS
OPINION
WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Higuera-Llamos appeals from his conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 for illegal reentry following deportation and his sentence of thirty…