United States v. Mark Steven Hitchcock

298 F.3d 1021, 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6980, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 15476, 2002 WL 1770516

Opinion

298 F.3d 1021

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Mark Steven HITCHCOCK, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 00-10251.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Argued and Submitted May 15, 2001.

Submission Withdrawn May 21, 2001.

Resubmitted August 23, 2001.

Opinion Withdrawn September 26, 2001.

Amended Opinion Filed March 21, 2002.*

Second Amendment Filed August 2, 2002.

Sarah Courageous, Honolulu, Hawai'i, for the defendant-appellant.

Loretta Sheehan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Honolulu, Hawai'i, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawai'i; Alan C. Kay, District Court Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-98-00716-ACK.

Before: B. FLETCHER, CANBY and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

The Amended Opinion United States v. Hitchcock, 286 F.3d 1064 (9th Cir.2002), filed March 21, 2002, is amended as follows:

At 286 F.3d at 1073, amend the last two sentences in the paragraph before the "Conclusion" to read:

"Hitchcock's argument is foreclosed by Harris v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 122 S.Ct. 2406, 153 L.Ed.2d 524 (2002), and our prior precedent. It is now clear that mandatory minimums do not implicate Apprendi. Id."

The mandate shall issue forthwith.

Notes:

* Initially this appeal was submitted following oral argument on May 15, 2001. The panel issued an order withdrawing submission pending the outcome inUnited States v. Antonakeas, 255 F.3d 714 (9th Cir.2001). Antonakeas was decided prior to our filing of the original opinion. Subsequent to filing the original opinion on August 23, 2001, we withdrew the opinion on September 26, 2001, pending the en banc opinion in United States v. Buckland, 277 F.3d 1173 (9th Cir.2002). That opinion was filed January 18, 2002. We now file our amended opinion.