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Parties Involved:
Filiberto Hernandez-Navarro
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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 for 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. 03-41198

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

FILIBERTO HERNANDEZ-NAVARRO,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. M-03-CR-246-1

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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Filiberto Hernandez-Navarro appeals his guilty-plea

conviction and sentence for being found illegally present in the

United States after deportation. He argues, pursuant to Apprendi

v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), that the “felony” and

“aggravated felony” provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) are elements

of the offense, not sentence enhancements, making those

provisions unconstitutional. Hernandez concedes that this

argument is foreclosed and he raises it for possible review by

the Supreme Court.

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This argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United

States, 523 U.S. 224, 235 (1998). We must follow the precedent

set in Almendarez-Torres “unless and until the Supreme Court

itself determines to overrule it.” United States v. Dabeit, 231

F.3d 979, 984 (5th Cir. 2000) (internal quotation and citation

omitted).

AFFIRMED.

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