U.S. v. CORONA-SANCHEZ

No. 98-50452.

291 F.3d 1201 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Moses CORONA-SANCHEZ, a/k/a Enrique Sanchez-Corona, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy S. Gerboth, Hulett Harper LLP, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Patrick K. O'Toole, United States Attorney, Roger W. Haines, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, RYMER, T.G. NELSON, KLEINFELD, THOMAS, McKEOWN, W. FLETCHER, FISHER, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge THOMAS; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge RYMER; Dissent by Judge KOZINSKI.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether a California state conviction for the petty theft of cigarettes and beer constitutes an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G) and therefore justifies increasing a sentence for unlawful reentry pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). Under the circumstances of this case...

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