Flores-Arvizu

United States v. Flores-Arvizu

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272 F. App'x 572
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 27, 2008No. 06-10461California293 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Napoleon Flores-Arvizu appeals from the 30-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal reentry following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we vacate and remand. ,

Flores-Arvizu contends that the government failed to meet its burden of estab *573 lishing that his 1997 conviction under California Health & Safety Code § 11379(a) qualifies as a drug trafficking offense for purposes of a 16-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A). We conclude that the documents and judicially noticeable facts presented to the district court at the time of sentencing do not satisfy the government’s burden of establishing “clearly and unequivocally” that “the conviction was based on all of the elements of a qualifying predicate offense.” United States v. Navidad-Marcos, 367 F.3d 903, 908 (9th Cir.2004). The district court stated that it was relying on a police report allegedly incorporated into Flores-Arvizu’s plea agreement to the underlying offense. The record, however, indicates that the police report was not entered into the record in the district court at the time of sentencing.…

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