Legal Opinion
United States v. Rodriguez-Guzman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 22, 2007No. 06-10585PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-Appellant Javier Rodriguez-Guzman challenges his sentence on the ground that the district court improperly applied a 16-level enhancement based on a prior conviction for statutory rape under section 261.5(c) of the California Penal Code. The district court held that Guzman’s conviction under section 261.5(c) qualified as a per se “crime of violence” as defined by United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) (2003). The district court did not, however, go on to consider whether the particular definition of statutory rape in…
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