Cruz-Sagaste
United States v. Cruz-Sagaste
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Julio Cesar Cruz-Sagaste appeals from his jury-trial conviction and 41-month sentence for illegal reentry after deportation 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 Cruz-Sagaste has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, 1 and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record.
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’s limited remand procedure to cases involving non-constitutional error under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 , 125 S.Ct.…