Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Leonardo JUAREZ-TORRES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-11-08
Citations: 400 F. App'x 965
Docket Number: No. 10-40195
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Leonardo JUAREZ-TORRES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 400
Pages: 965–965

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Leonardo JUAREZ-TORRES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-40195
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 8, 2010.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Philip Thomas Cowen, I, Esq., Law Office of Philip Cowen, Brownsville, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Leonardo Juarez-Torres (Juarez) appeals his guilty plea conviction for aiding and abetting the transportation of an alien within the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(ii) and (a)(l)(A)(v)(II). The district court sentenced Juarez to 60 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
Juarez contends that the district court erred in relying on the hearsay statements of material witnesses to enhance his sentence because he was not afforded an opportunity to confront the witnesses. Juarez's argument is foreclosed by our precedent. See United States v. Beydoun, 469 F.3d 102, 108 (5th Cir.2006) (citing Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004)) (holding that the use of hearsay testimony at sentencing does not violate Crawford).
The judgment of the district court is 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.