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Parties Involved:
Omar Alejandro Garza-Flores
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

February 18, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-40900

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

OMAR ALEJANDRO GARZA-FLORES,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. B-03-CR-250-1

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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Omar Alejandro Garza-Flores contends for the first time on

appeal that the felony and aggravated felony provisions found in

8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (b)(2) are unconstitutional in light of

Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000). He concedes that

this argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United

States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but asserts that Almendarez-Torres

has been called into doubt by Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S.

466 (2000). See United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979, 984 (5th

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Cir. 2000). He seeks to preserve the issue for possible Supreme

Court review. 

Garza contends also that a condition of supervised release

contained in the written judgment, which prohibits Garza from

possessing a dangerous weapon, conflicts with the district

court’s oral pronouncement of the sentence and must be deleted. 

The same contention was advanced in United States v. TorresAguilar, 352 F.3d 934, 935-38 (5th Cir. 2003), and was rejected

by the court. The judgment is 

AFFIRMED.

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