United States v. Manukyan

122 F. App'x 886

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: February 9, 2005
• Docket: Nos. 02-50464, 02-50573
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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In No. 02-50464:

Ashot Manukyan raises a Blakely v. Washington, — U.S. -, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004) challenge to the sentence imposed following his guilty plea. We remand the sentence for reconsideration in light of United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).

REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.

In No. 02-50573:

Sousana Ounousian appeals her jury trial conviction and raises a Blakely challenge to her sentence.

The evidence of the kidnaping conspiracy was “inextricably intertwined” with the extortion conspiracy and thus was admissible. Evidence of the kidnaping enabled the government to offer a coherent and comprehensible story regarding the extortion. Accordingly, there was no abuse of discretion for the district judge to have admitted it.

We remand the sentence for reconsideration in light of United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).

CONVICTION AFFIRMED; REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS.

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