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Parties Involved:
Roberto Solis Manriquez
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 03-41392

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

ROBERTO SOLIS MANRIQUEZ,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. M-03-CR-539-1

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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Roberto Solis Manriquez pleaded guilty to one charge of

importing 5,147 grams of cocaine, and the district court

sentenced him to 46 months in prison and a three-year term of

supervised release. Manriquez now appeals his conviction and

sentence. He argues that the statutes of conviction, 21 U.S.C.

§§ 952 and 960, are facially unconstitutional in light of

Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000). Manriquez

acknowledges that his argument is foreclosed by United States v.

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Slaughter, 238 F.3d 580, 582 (5th Cir. 2002), and he raises the

issue only to preserve it for review in the Supreme Court. 

Slaughter applies by analogy to the instant case because the

statutes at issue are similar in structure and content. One

panel of this court may not overrule another. United States v.

Fowler, 216 F.3d 459, 460 (5th Cir. 2000). Consequently,

Manriquez’s arguments are, as he concedes, foreclosed by

Slaughter. The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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