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Parties Involved:
Roberto Salas
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 03-20525

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

ROBERTO SALAS,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. H-99-CR-149-3 

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

PER CURIAM:*

Roberto Salas appeals his guilty-plea conviction and

sentence imposed for possession with intent to distribute 100

kilograms of marijuana and aiding and abetting in violation of 21

U.S.C. § 841 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. He argues that 21 U.S.C. § 841

is unconstitutional in view of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S.

466 (2000). He acknowledges that this argument is foreclosed by

United States v. Slaughter, 238 F.3d 580, 582 (5th Cir. 2000),

but states that he is raising it to preserve it for possible

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Supreme Court review. The argument that Apprendi rendered 21

U.S.C. § 841 facially unconstitutional was rejected in Slaughter. 

We are bound by this precedent absent an intervening Supreme

Court decision or a subsequent en banc decision. See United

States v. Short, 181 F.3d 620, 624 (5th Cir. 1999). Therefore,

this issue is foreclosed.

Salas argues that the supervised release condition which

prohibits him from possessing dangerous weapons conflicts with

the district court’s oral pronouncement of the sentence and must

be deleted. The Sentencing Guidelines recommend that all

defendants who have been convicted of a felony be prohibited from

possessing any dangerous weapon during the term of supervised

release. U.S.S.G. § 5D1.3(d)(1). “If the district court orally

imposes a sentence without stating the conditions applicable to

this period of supervision, the judgment’s inclusion of

conditions that are mandatory, standard, or recommended by the

Sentencing Guidelines does not create a conflict with the oral

pronouncement.” United States v. Torres-Aguilar, 352 F.3d 934,

938 (5th Cir. 2003).

AFFIRMED.

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