United States v. Edison Tortice

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 5 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-10287

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:19-cr-08077-SPL-1

v.

MEMORANDUM*

EDISON GICELA TORTICE, AKA Edison Tortice,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Steven P. Logan, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 17, 2023**

Before: CLIFTON, R. NELSON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Edison Gicela Tortice appeals from the district court’s judgment and

challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 293-month sentence for abusive sexual

contact of a child, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153, 2244(a)(5), and 2246.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Tortice’s counsel has filed

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). a brief stating that there are no…