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Parties Involved:
Jesus Coronado-Pineda
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 03-20704

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JESUS CORONADO-PINEDA,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. H-01-CR-462-1

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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Jesus Coronado-Pineda appeals his guilty-plea conviction

for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation. 

For the first time on appeal, Coronado-Pineda argues that the

sentencing provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) & (2) are

unconstitutional in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466

(2000). Coronado-Pineda acknowledges that his argument is

foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224

(1998), but he seeks to preserve the issue for Supreme Court

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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. 

AFFIRMED.

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