United States v. Cabrera-Alejandre
United States v. Cabrera-Alejandre
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Manuel Cabrera-Alejandre (“Cabrera”) appeals the district court’s trial instruction that defense counsel should phrase the government’s burden of proof as “beyond a reasonable doubt” rather than “beyond any reasonable doubt.” Cabrera also appeals the ninety-month sentence imposed after his guilty-plea conviction for illegal reentry following removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a), and we affirm.
2. The district court did not err by imposing a sixteen-level sentencing enhancement for Cabrera’s prior conviction under California Penal Code section 288(a). See U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii) (2007). We previously have held that section 288(a) categorically constitutes a “crime of violence” under the approach set forth in Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990). See United States v. Medina-Maella, 351 F.3d 944, 947 (9th Cir. 2003); United States v. Baron-Medina, 187 F.3d 1144, 1147 (9th Cir. 1999). For the reasons explained in United States v. Medina-Villa, 567 F.3d 507, 511-16 (9th Cir. 2009), our recent decision in Estrada-Espinoza v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc), does not change this conclusion.
AFFIRMED.
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