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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcus Nelson DEES, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 04-11519.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Jan. 20, 2006.
    Nancy E. Larson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Leticia E. Martinez, U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Gregory Burke Westfall, Westfall, Platt & Cutrer, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Marcus Nelson Dees appeals his 60-month sentence following his guilty plea to possession of sexually explicit visual depictions of a minor, which images had been shipped and transported in interstate commerce. Dees argues that he was sentenced in contravention of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005) because the sentencing enhancements under U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(1) and U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(3) were based on facts not admitted by him or found by a jury.

In the present case, the district court stated that it would sentence Dees to the same sentence (60 months in prison) in the event that the guidelines were held unconstitutional. Thus, the Government has pointed to record evidence demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that the federal constitutional error of which Dess complains did not contribute to the sentence that he received. See United States v. Akpan, 407 F.3d 360, 377 (5th Cir.2005). Therefore the decision of the district court is AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.