Court Opinion

ID: 8435996
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 12:42:47.179581+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:42.605804
License: Public Domain

MEMORANDUM **
Jorge Lozano Castaneda appeals the 30-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for distribution of a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
Because appellant 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, 1084-85 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc). See United States v. Moreno-Hernandez, 419 F.3d 906, 915 (9th Cir.2005) (extending Ameline’s limited remand procedure to cases involving non-constitutional Booker error).
REMANDED.

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