Defendant’s conviction and sentence for illegal reentry into the U.S. are affirmed where: 1) the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permitted authentication of official documents under Fed. R. Evid. 901; and 2) defendant’s prior California offense of assault with a deadly weapon or by means likely to produce great bodily injury constituted a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. section 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii).

Read US v. Estrada-Eliverio, No. 07-50191

Appellate Information

Argued and Submitted May 7, 2008

Filed October 5, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Paez

Counsel

For Appellant:

Vincent J. Brunkow, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA

For Appellee:

Mark R. Rehe, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, CA

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