Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel Supinio CARRILLO, also known as Juan Carrillo, also known as Pedro Cujuy-Elias, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-10-22
Citations: 78 F. App'x 412
Docket Number: No. 03-40287
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel Supinio CARRILLO, also known as Juan Carrillo, also known as Pedro Cujuy-Elias, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 78
Pages: 412–413

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel Supinio CARRILLO, also known as Juan Carrillo, also known as Pedro Cujuy-Elias, Defendant-Appellant.
Conference Calendar
No. 03-40287.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 22, 2003.
James Lee Turner, Assistant US Attorney, and David Hill Peck, US Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Paul G. Hajjar and Aurora Ruth Bearse, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Miguel Supinio Carrillo ("Supinio") appeals his guilty-plea conviction and sentence for illegal reentry following deportation. Supinio argues pursuant to Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), that the "felony" and "aggravated felony" provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2) are elements of the offense, not sentence enhancements, making those provisions unconstitutional. Supinio concedes that this argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), and he raises it for possible direct review by the Supreme Court.
Supinio's Apprendi argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres, 523 U.S. at 235. We must follow the precedent set in Almendarez-Torres "unless and until the Supreme Court itself determines to overrule it." United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979, 984 (5th Cir.2000) (internal quotation and citation omitted).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.