Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent Edward CANTU, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-02-15
Citations: 427 F. App'x 587
Docket Number: No. 09-50597
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent Edward CANTU, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 427
Pages: 587–589

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent Edward CANTU, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-50597.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 15, 2011.
Filed April 15, 2011.
Christine Bautista, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Santa Ana, CA, Michael J. Raphael, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Thomas Paul Sleisenger, Law Offices of Thomas P. Sleisenger, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: RYMER and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and QUIST, Senior District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Gordon J. Quist, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Defendant, Vincent Edward Cantu, appeals the 162-month sentence he received after pleading guilty to two counts of armed robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d), and one count of brandishing a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A).
First, Defense counsel's vague objection that the prosecutor's reference at sentencing to Defendant's having robbed other banks as not "appropriate" was insufficient to preserve the issue for appeal. See United States v. Cannel, 517 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2008). In addition, under the proffer agreement, the Government was free to use Defendant's proffer statements to refute his lawyer's sentencing brief that Defendant "had no prior history of robberies or gun-related crimes." Furthermore, Cantu cannot establish prejudice. United States v. Marcus, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 2159, 2164, 176 L.Ed.2d 1012 (2010). There is no indication that the district court even considered the other robberies in determining the sentence.
Second, Defendant's sentence was reasonable. The district court properly considered the Defendant's former occupation as a police officer both as a mitigating and as an aggravating factor. See United States v. Autery, 555 F.3d 864, 874 (9th Cir.2009). The district court also properly explained its reasons for imposing the sentence it did and articulated that reasoning to a sufficient degree to allow for meaningful appellate review. United States v. Perez-Perez, 512 F.3d 514, 516-517 (9th Cir.2008).
Third, Defendant was punished only once for brandishing a firearm with respect to each robbery — via a sentencing enhancement as to the first and via § 924(c) as to the second.
Finally, Defendant makes no affirmative allegation that he did not read the PSR; therefore he cannot show prejudice and any Rule 32(i)(l)(A) error is harmless. See e.g., United States v. Soltero, 510 F.3d 858, 863-64 (9th Cir.2007) (per curiam); United States v. Davilar-Escovedo, 36 F.3d 840, 844 (9th Cir.1994).
Accordingly, Defendant's sentence is AFFIRMED.
xhis disposition is not appropriate for publi cation and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.