Riley

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-50009 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-05-00166-JVS-

MARIO RALPH RILEY,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 12, 2009—Chapman University, Orange, California

Filed August 13, 2009

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Marsha S. Berzon and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

11051 UNITED STATES v. RILEY 11053

COUNSEL

Kurt Mayer, Deputy Federal Public Defender (argued), Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, and Kathryn A. Young, Deputy Federal Public Defender (on the briefs), Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Anne C. Gannon, Assistant United States Attorney (argued and on the briefs), Thomas P. O’Brien, United States Attor- ney, and Robb C. Adkins, Assistant United States Attorney (on the briefs), Santa Ana, California, for the plaintiff- appellee.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

After a jury trial, defendant-appellant…