Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Freddy Lionel ROMERO-VENTURA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-12
Citations: 257 F. App'x 815
Docket Number: No. 06-41042
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Freddy Lionel ROMERO-VENTURA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, BARKSDALE, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 257
Pages: 815–815

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Freddy Lionel ROMERO-VENTURA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-41042
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 12, 2007.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Oscar A. Vela, Jr., Law Offices of Oscar A. Vela Jr., Laredo, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before REAVLEY, BARKSDALE, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Freddy Lionel Romero-Ventura (Romero) appeals the 41-month sentence he received following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal reentry, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. In light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), Romero challenges the constitutionality of § 1326(b)'s treatment of prior felony and aggravated felony convietions as sentencing factors rather than elements of the offense that must be found by a jury. This court has held that this issue is "fully foreclosed from further debate." United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir.2007), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 872, 169 L.Ed.2d 737 (2008).
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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.