Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julio Ernesto VERGARA-AGUILAR, aka Miguel Campos-Aguilar, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-11-27
Citations: 51 F. App'x 744
Docket Number: No. 02-10092; D.C. No. CR-01-00177-PMP
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Julio Ernesto VERGARA-AGUILAR, aka Miguel Campos-Aguilar, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 51
Pages: 744–745

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Julio Ernesto VERGARA-AGUILAR, aka Miguel Campos-Aguilar, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 02-10092.
D.C. No. CR-01-00177-PMP.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 18, 2002.
Decided Nov. 27, 2002.
Before REINHARDT, RYMER, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Julio Ernesto Vergara-Aguilar appeals his conviction by guilty plea and sentence for unlawful reentry of a deported alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1826. VergaraAguilar concedes that Ninth Circuit precedent forecloses his only argument: that imposition of a sentence longer than 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)'s two-year statutory maximum based on a prior conviction neither alleged in the indictment nor admitted during the plea canvass violates due process under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). See United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.2000) (rejecting this argument). Vergara-Aguilar states that he presents the issue merely to preserve it should ensuring Supreme Court precedent alter the legal landscape. The judgment is therefore
AFFIRMED.
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