Canedo

MEMORANDUM **

Defendant Leopoldo Navarrette Cañedo appeals his sentence of 18 months imprisonment and three years of supervised relief for alien smuggling in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324 (a)(2)(B)(iii). We deferred submission of his appeal pending the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Booker, - U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005) and our en banc decision in United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir.2005).

Cañedo argues that the district court should have applied a clear and convincing evidence burden of proof to the facts enhancing his sentence for intentionally or recklessly creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury. Because of that enhancement, Canedo’s eighteen-month sentence was six months longer than the maximum otherwise applicable, and he was sentenced to three years supervised release although no supervised release could have been imposed under the maximum sentence.

Cañedo did not raise the issue whether this violated his Sixth Amendment right to trial. We therefore remand for further proceedings in light of Booker and Ameline. See Ameline, 409 F.3d at 1078-79, 1086 (remanding to district court to answer whether sentence…