Walker

MEMORANDUM *

Walker was convicted of: (1) Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii); (2) Carrying a Firearm in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(1)(A); and (3) Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 (g)(1), 924(a)(2). Walker challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress statements he made at the time of his arrest and the sufficiency of the evidence as to each charge. He also argues that the district court erred in finding that he had been convicted of two prior “felony drug convictions,” requiring a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841 (b)(1)(A)(iii). We affirm.

I

We review the voluntariness of a confession de novo. United States v. Gamez, 301 F.3d 1138, 1144 (9th Cir.2002). The district court correctly denied Walker’s motion to suppress his statements because “under the totality of the circumstances, the challenged confession was obtained in a manner compatible with the requirements of the Constitution.” Miller v. Fenton, 474 U.S. 104, 112 , 106 S.Ct. 445 , 88 L.Ed.2d 405…