Corona-Corona

United States v. Corona-Corona

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38 F. App'x 455
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 16, 2002No. 01-30026California558 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Armando Corona-Corona appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 46-month sentence imposed for being an alien in the United States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . Pursuant to An-ders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 , 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Corona-Corona’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no arguable issues for review, and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record.

Counsel has identified and correctly rejected as a potential issue for appeal whether the district court erred by including a two-point upward adjustment pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1(d). As conceded by counsel, any error was harmless since it would have had no affect on Corona-Corona’s guidelines range. See Williams v. United States, 503 U.S. 193, 203 , 112 S.Ct. 1112 , 117 L.Ed.2d 341 (1992) (stating that a remand is not necessary if “the reviewing court concludes, on the record as a whole, that the error was harmless, i.e., that the error did not effect'the district court’s selection of the sentence imposed.”).

Corona-Corona has filed a pro se supplemental brief raising four issues. First, Corona-Corona contends that the district court sentenced him in…

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