U.S. v. Ameline, No. 02-39326 (9th Cir.) (400 F.3d 646) (February 9, 2005) (Judge Richard A. Paez)
Loaded on Jan. 1, 2005
published in Punch and Jurists
January 31, 2005
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Plain Error.
The defendant, Alfred Ameline, pled guilty to the possession of a detectible amount of methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 150 months in prison, based on the district court’s determination, by a preponderance of the evidence, that he was responsible for 1,603 grams of methamphetamine. Ameline strenuously objected to that …
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