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Parties Involved:
Jose Israel Perez-Sanchez
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 03-41158

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JOSE ISRAEL PEREZ-SANCHEZ, also known as Jose 

Israel Correas-Lovos, 

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. B-03-CR-276-ALL

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

PER CURIAM:*

Jose Israel Perez-Sanchez 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, Perez-Sanchez argues that the

sentencing provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) & (2) are

unconstitutional in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466

(2000). Perez-Sanchez acknowledges that his argument is

foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224

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(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; United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d

979, 984 (5th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, the judgment of the

district court is AFFIRMED. 

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