United States v. Phillip George

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-30339 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-07-2119-WFN

PHILLIP WILLIAM GEORGE,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Wm. Fremming Nielson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 2, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed August 25, 2009

Before: William C. Canby, Jr., David R. Thompson, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Thompson

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COUNSEL

Rebecca Louise Pennell, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Yakima, Washington, for the defendant-appellant.

Alexander C. Ekstrom, Assistant United States Attorney, Yakima, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Phillip William George (“George”) was convicted of the federal crime of sexual abuse of a minor on an Indian reservation in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2243(a) and 1153. He served his sentence for that offense, but then he failed to register as a sex offender in violation…