United States v. Albert Tito Perez

BEA, Circuit Judge:

After United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), we adopted a limited remand procedure for certain cases in which the defendant had failed to object to the use of mandatory sentencing guidelines. Specifically, in cases where the record of trial is insufficient for us to determine whether the district court would have imposed a different sentence had it known the sentencing guidelines were advisory, we now require a so-called “limited Ameline remand.” See United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc). Under such a remand,…