United States v. Carlos Dolores-Rodriguez

32 F.3d 572 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos DOLORES-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-50513. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1994. Decided Aug. 8, 1994. 1 Before: BROWNING and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Appellant Carlos Dolores-Rodriguez objects to the length of his 293-month sentence imposed after he pled guilty to a seven-count drug-trafficking and bribery indictment. He argues that the district court erred (1) by calculating his offense level on the basis of the cocaine he actually smuggled into the country rather than on the basis of the marijuana he thought he was importing; (2) by imposing a four-level enhancement based on his leadership role; and (3) by sentencing him at the high end of the guidelines range without sufficiently explaining its reasons for doing so. We affirm the sentence. BACKGROUND…