United States v. Deon Charles

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  No. 08-50086 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  2:07-cr-00614-

DEON ANDRE CHARLES, SJO-

Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 3, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed September 9, 2009

Before: William C. Canby, Jr., Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Callahan

12991 12994 UNITED STATES v. CHARLES

COUNSEL

Benjamin Lee Coleman, Coleman & Balogh LLP, on behalf of defendant-appellant Deon Andre Charles.

E. Martin Estrada, Assistant United States Attorney, on behalf of plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

OPINION

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

Deon Andre Charles appeals the sentence imposed after he pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to one count of pos- session of cocaine base with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A)(iii), and one count of being a…