Garcia-Hernandez

United States v. Garcia-Hernandez

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171 F. App'x 60
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 14, 2006No. 04-10587California327 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Rodrigo Garcia-Hernandez appeals from the 49-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 , and we remand.

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, 1084-85 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc). See United States v. Moreno-Hemandez, 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, 1229 (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.…

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