United States v. Alvarado-Martinez

Appellant Genaro Alvarado-Martinez challenges his sentence, arguing that the district court improperly relied on a California Law Enforcement Telecommunica tions System (“CLETS”) database report (“rap sheet”) in calculating his criminal-history score. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion by concluding that Alvarado-Martinez’s rap sheet was sufficiently reliable and because the district court did not clearly err in finding that Alvarado-Martinez suffered four prior misdemeanors, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In June 2007, Alvarado-Martinez pleaded guilty to illegally…