United States v. Todd Johnson

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  No. 08-30094 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No. 3:07-cr-00047-TMB

TODD DOUGLAS JOHNSON,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 23, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed September 10, 2009

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Richard C. Tallman, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Richard C. Tallman; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

13039 13042 UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

COUNSEL

M.J. Haden, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for the defen- dant-appellant.

Erin E. White (argued), Nelson P. Cohen, United States Attor- ney’s Office for the District of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Todd Johnson pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON 13043…