United States v. Lazaro-Alonzo
United States v. Lazaro-Alonzo
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Benjamin Lazaros-Alonso appeals from his sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for being an illegal alien found in the United States following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), and (b)(2).
Lazaro-Alonso, who filed his brief with this court before the Supreme Court is
Because Lazaro-Alonso 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 (9th Cir. 2005) (en banc). See MorenoHemandez, at 915-16 (extending Ameline’s limited remand procedure to cases involving non-constitutional Booker error).
REMANDED.
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. On remand the district court can also correct the judgment to exclude the reference to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). See United States v. Herrera-Blanco, 232 F.3d 715, 719 (9th Cir. 2000).
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