United States v. Salvador Becerra Ramirez

35 F.3d 573 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Salvador Becerra RAMIREZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-30295. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 3, 1994. Decided Sept. 7, 1994. Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Salvador Becerra Ramirez appeals his sentence, imposed following his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841 (a)(1) (1988). The only issue presented for our consideration is whether the statute that resulted in Ramirez's mandatory minimum sentence of ten years imprisonment was unconstitutional. Ramirez does not contend that the district court erred in any way, or that the prosecutor engaged in any improper conduct. We affirm. I. Background 3 At the time of his offense, Ramirez was a fifty-two year old unemployed laborer with no criminal record. He was married and had three…