Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robby O. JAMES, a.k.a. Tony Johnson, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-04-14
Citations: 177 F. App'x 869
Docket Number: No. 03-13320; D.C. Docket No. 02-00431-CR-1-1
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robby O. JAMES, a.k.a. Tony Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 177
Pages: 869–869

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robby O. JAMES, a.k.a. Tony Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-13320
Non-Argument Calendar.
D.C. Docket No. 02-00431-CR-1-1.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
April 14, 2006.
Robert C. McBurney, Amy Levin Wed, Office of U.S. Attorney, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Lynn Gitlin Fant, Marietta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM:
This case is before the Court for consideration in the light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). We previously affirmed Appellant's convictions and sentences for conspiracy to commit access device fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371, access device fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1029, and social security number fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 2, 42 U.S.C. § 408. See United States v. James, 126 Fed.Appx. 462 (11th Cir.2004) (unpublished). The Supreme Court vacated our prior decision and remanded the case to us for further consideration in the light of Booker.
In his initial brief on direct appeal, Appellant did not assert error based on Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), or any case extending or applying the Apprendi principle. Appellant, however sought permission to file a supplemental brief to present additional arguments about Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). We denied Appellant's motion.
In United States v. Sears, 411 F.3d 1240, 1241 (11th Cir.2005), a case with a procedural history similar to this one, we wrote that Booker did not require us to alter our prior decision because Sears did not raise a Booker issue in his initial brief, he was denied leave to file a supplemental brief raising Booker, and nothing in the Supreme Court's remand order demanded a different conclusion. The same reasoning applies in this case.
Appellant did not assert error based on Apprendi (or its progeny) in his initial brief on appeal. We, thus, reinstate our previous opinion in this case and affirm Appellant's convictions and sentences after our reconsideration in the light of Booker, pursuant to the Supreme Court's mandate.
OPINION REINSTATED; CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES AFFIRMED.