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

United States v. John De Herrera

United States v. John De Herrera
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided September 3, 2010 · Leavy, Hawkins, Thomas
394 F. App'x 430

United States v. John De Herrera

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

John De Herrera appeals pro se from the bench-trial conviction and 24-month unsupervised probationary sentence imposed for committing the misdemeanor offenses of: (1) commemorative installation of a structure in a federal park area without authorization; and (2) tampering with property in a federal park, in violation of 36 C.F.R. § § 2.62(a) and 2.31(a)(2).

De Herrera admits to committing the offenses, but contends that the conviction should be set aside based on his defense of necessity. The district court correctly concluded that there was no evidence to support De Herrera’s necessity defense. Accordingly, this contention lacks merit. See United States v. Perdomo-Espana, 522 F.3d 983, 987 (9th Cir. 2008).

AFFIRMED.

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

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