Rodriguez-Mancinas
United States v. Rodriguez-Mancinas
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Roberto Rodriguez-Maneinas appeals from the 21-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for unlawful reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 .
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. 738 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005)).
Appellant’s other contentions are foreclosed by this circuit’s case law. See United States v. Velasquez-Reyes, 427 F.3d 1227, 1228 (9th Cir.2005) (rejecting contention that prior convictions must be proved to a jury if not admitted by the defendant and reaffirming that Almendarez-Torres v. United States,…