U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2010

United States v. Edward Alfaro

United States v. Edward Alfaro
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided May 28, 2010 · Kozinski, Trott, Smith
380 F. App'x 693

United States v. Edward Alfaro

Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

1. “[B]ecause the jury would learn of his [prior conviction] in any event,” Estelle v. Williams, 425 U.S. 501, 507, 96 S.Ct. 1691, 48 L.Ed.2d 126 (1976) (internal quotation marks omitted), and because the trial court appropriately instructed the ve-nire, Alfaro was not deprived of his constitutional right to a fair trial.

2. Alfaro’s sentence was not proeedurally erroneous or substantively unreasonable. United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 993 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc).

AFFIRMED.

*

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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