U.S. v. ZUNIGA-CHAVEZ

No. 04-2293.

464 F.3d 1199 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leopoldo ZUNIGA-CHAVEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Kinney, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Kurt J. Mayer, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Las Cruces, NM, for the Defendant-Appellant.

Terri J. Abernathy, Assistant United States Attorney (David C. Iglesias, United States Attorney, with her on the brief), Las Cruces, NM, for the Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MURPHY, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS and EBEL, Senior Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Leopoldo Zuniga-Chavez pleaded guilty to unlawful reentry after deportation. At sentencing, the district court relied on the government's proffered evidence of Defendant's five prior California state criminal convictions—a certified docket sheet, a certified copy of an "abstract judgment," and court case summaries—to raise Defendant's offense level and criminal history. Based...

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