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Parties Involved:
Jorge Garcia-Gonzalez
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 03-40211 

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JORGE GARCIA-GONZALEZ,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. L-02-CR-1007-ALL

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

PER CURIAM:*

Jorge Garcia-Gonzalez (Garcia) appeals his sentence imposed

following his guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry

following deportation, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Garcia

raises an issue that he concedes is foreclosed, but he seeks to

preserve it for further review.

Garcia argues that his prior conviction for possession of a

controlled substance is not an aggravated felony under U.S.S.G. 

§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(C). This argument is foreclosed by our decision in

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United States v. Caicedo-Cuero, 312 F.3d 697, 705-711 (5th Cir.

2002), cert. denied, 123 S. Ct. 1948 (2003). Garcia’s argument

that the rule of lenity is applicable is without merit because

the meaning of “aggravated felony” is not ambiguous. See United

States v. Rivera, 265 F.3d 310, 312-13 (5th Cir. 2001).

AFFIRMED.

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