Flores-Cernas

United States v. Flores-Cernas

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155 F. App'x 338
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 12, 2005No. 03-10329California250 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Miguel Flores-Cernas appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 73-month sentence for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 .

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 , 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), counsel for Flores-Cernas has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. Flores-Cernas has not filed a pro se supplemental brief.

*339 We have conducted an independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 83 , 109 S.Ct. 346 , 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988). We affirm the conviction. Because appellant was sentenced under the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines, and we cannot reliably determine from the record whether the sentence imposed would have been materially different had the district court known that the Guidelines were advisory, we remand to the sentencing court to answer that question, and to proceed pursuant to United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073,1084 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc). See United States v. Moreno-Hernandez, 419 F.3d 906, 916 (9th Cir.2005) (extending Ameline’ & limited remand procedure to cases involving…

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