U.S. v. MAGANA-GUERRERO

Nos. 95-50066, 95-50067.

80 F.3d 398 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio MAGANA-GUERRERO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juana SANTANA-MOLINA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton H. Boren, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant Antonio Magana-Guerrero.

Judith Rochlin, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant Juana Santana-Molina.

Erica Kelly Martin, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FARRIS, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

The principal question in these appeals is when lying to a pretrial services officer amounts to an obstruction of justice under the Sentencing Guidelines.

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The man known to us as Antonio Magana-Guerrero1 had nine prior convictions when he was arrested in connection with this case: three for selling narcotics, one for possessing narcotics for sale, two for possessing narcotics,

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