Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barry Keith DAMES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-01-10
Citations: 262 F. App'x 179
Docket Number: No. 06-14786
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barry Keith DAMES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT, ANDERSON and HULL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 262
Pages: 179–180

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barry Keith DAMES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-14786
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Jan. 10, 2008.
Mauricio L. Aldazabal, Coral Gables, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Lisa T. Rubio, Anne R. Schultz, Dawn Bowen, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before TJOFLAT, ANDERSON and HULL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appellant received the mandatory minimum sentence of 36 months' incarceration prescribed by 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii), attempting to bring an alien into the United States for financial gain. He now appeals his sentence, contending that the district court erred in enhancing his offense level on the ground that he committed the offense while on supervised release.
The Guidelines sentence range the court found called for a prison term of 15-21 months. That range was inapplicable, however, because the mandatory minimum sentence the court was required to impose exceeded the sentence range. See U.S.S.G. § 5Gl.l(b) Therefore, even if we were to agree with appellant—that the court erred in enhancing his offense level—the error was harmless.
AFFIRMED.