Lopez-Molina

United States v. Lopez-Molina

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220 F. App'x 620
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 12, 2007No. 02-50513California278 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Nelson Lopez-Molina (“Lopez-Molina”) challenges his conviction for aiding and abetting a bank robbery and the 151-month sentence imposed after his jury trial. We affirm the conviction but remand for resentencing. Because the parties are familiar with the facts of the case, we do not recite them here.

Lopez-Molina asserts that the district court erred in granting the government’s motion in limine to introduce his prior burglary convictions for purposes of impeachment. Because Lopez-Molina admitted these convictions on direct examination, this argument is waived. Ohler v. United States, 529 U.S. 753, 760 , 120 S.Ct. 1851 , 146 L.Ed.2d 826 (2000) (“[A] defendant who preemptively introduces evidence of a prior conviction on direct examination may not on appeal claim that the admission of such evidence was error.”). We therefore affirm the conviction.

Lopez-Molina also challenges his sentence on a number of grounds. The government concedes that the district court committed plain error by relying solely on the presentence report to establish the elements of Lopez-Molina’s prior convictions. See United States v. Sandoval-Venegas, 292 F.3d 1101, 1109 (9th Cir.2002).…

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