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Parties Involved:
Mario Camacho-Orozco
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 03-41351

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

MARIO CAMACHO-OROZCO,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. B-03-CR-420-1

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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Mario Camacho-Orozco (Camacho) appeals the sentence imposed

following his guilty-plea conviction for being an alien

unlawfully found in the United States following deportation after

having been previously convicted of an aggravated felony, in

violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. For the first time on appeal,

Camacho argues that the sentencing provisions of 8 U.S.C.

§ 1326(b)(1) and (b)(2) are unconstitutional in light of Apprendi

v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000). Camacho acknowledges that

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his argument is foreclosed by 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

Almendarez-Torres. See Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90. 

Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 

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