United States v. Baltazar-Garcia

163 F. App'x 535

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Armando Baltazar-Garcia appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to entering the United States without authorization after having been deported or removed in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.

Baltazar-Garcia contends that the district court erred in applying the Sentencing Guidelines as mandatory when imposing his sentence. Because BaltazarGarcia was sentenced under the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines, and we cannot reliably determine from the record whether the sentence imposed would have been materially different had the district court known that the Guidelines were advisory, we remand to the sentencing court to answer that question, and to proceed pursuant to United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073, 1084-85 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc). See United States v. Moreno-Hernandez, 419 F.3d 906, 916 (9th Cir.2005) (extending Ameline’s limited remand procedure to cases involving non-constitutional error under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005)).

REMANDED.

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