Legal Opinion
United States v. Almazan-Becerra
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2008No. 07-10420PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The district court properly applied the modified categorical approach set forth in Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990), when it concluded that Julio Almazan-Becerra’s prior conviction under California Health and Safety Code § 11360(a) was a “drug trafficking offense.” The district court properly relied on police reports (which Almazan-Becerra, during the plea colloquy of the prior conviction, had stipulated contained a factual basis for his plea) in concluding that Almazan-Becerra was previously convicted of selling…
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- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leaburn ALEXANDER, Jr., Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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