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Parties Involved:
Jose Francisco Gonzalez-Arzola
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

FILED

April 21, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-41146

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JOSE FRANCISCO GONZALEZ-ARZOLA, 

also known as Jose Francisco Gonzalez, 

also known as Jose Angel Gonzalez,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. M-03-CR-460-1

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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Jose Francisco Gonzalez-Arzola appeals his guilty-plea

conviction for illegal reentry into the United States following a

nonaggravated felony conviction in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. 

Gonzalez argues that the sentencing provisions of 8 U.S.C. 

§ 1326(b)(1) and (2) are unconstitutional in light of Apprendi v.

New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000). Gonzalez acknowledges that his

argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523

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U.S. 224 (1998), but he seeks to preserve the issue for Supreme

Court review. Apprendi did not overrule Almendarez-Torres. See

Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90; United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d

979, 984 (5th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, the judgment of the

district court is affirmed.

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