U.S. v. BALDERAMA-IRIBE

No. 04-4316.

490 F.3d 1199 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos BALDERAMA-IRIBE, also known as Ildelfonso Siqueiros-Garcia, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond P. Moore, Federal Public Defender and Vicki Mandell-King, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant Carlos Balderama-Iribe.

Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, and Elizabethanne C. Stevens, Assistant United States Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America.

Before HARTZ, EBEL and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

In this direct criminal appeal, Defendant-Appellant Carlos Balderama-Iribe challenges his mandatory life sentence imposed for a drug trafficking conviction.1 The district court enhanced this sentence to mandatory life imprisonment based upon Balderama-Iribe's two prior felony drug convictions. Although Balderama-Iribe concedes that the Government gave him proper notice, as required under 21 U.S.C. § 851(a)(1)...

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