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Parties Involved:
Luis Martin Gonzalez-Contreras
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 03-41097

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

LUIS MARTIN GONZALEZ-CONTRERAS,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. B-03-CR-186-1

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

PER CURIAM:*

Luis Martin Gonzalez-Contreras appeals his guilty-plea

conviction for illegal reentry into the United States following

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

For the first time on appeal, Gonzalez argues that the sentencing

provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) are unconstitutional in light of

the Supreme Court’s holding in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S.

466 (2000).

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Gonzalez acknowledges that his argument is foreclosed by the

Supreme Court’s decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States,

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

Supreme Court review. Apprendi did not overrule AlmendarezTorres. See Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90; United States

v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979, 984 (5th Cir. 2000). Gonzalez’s

argument is foreclosed. The judgment of the district court is

AFFIRMED.

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