Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfonso GARCIA-CORONADO, also known as Poncho, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-05-31
Citations: 132 F. App'x 547
Docket Number: No. 03-40228
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfonso GARCIA-CORONADO, also known as Poncho, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 132
Pages: 547–549

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfonso GARCIA-CORONADO, also known as Poncho, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-40228.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided May 31, 2005.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Mark Michael Dowd, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Anthony P. Troiani, Brownsville, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM:
We dismissed Alfonso Gareia-Coronado's (Garcia's) appeal of the district court's sentence for conspiracy to transport and harbor aliens for financial gain. See United States v. Garcia-Coronado, 108 Fed.Appx. 939 (5th Cir.2004), vacated by — U.S.-, 125 S.Ct. 1362, 161 L.Ed.2d 99 (2005). He argued that his sentence constituted reversible error because, inter alia, the district court violated his Sixth Amendment rights under Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). We dismissed his appeal, ruling that reversal of Garcia's sentence on Blakely grounds was foreclosed by United States v. Pineiro, 377 F.3d 464 (5th Cir.2004), vacated by — U.S.-, 125 S.Ct. 1003, 160 L.Ed.2d 1006 (2005). Garcia subsequently appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court vacated this Court's judgment and remanded for further consideration in light of United States v. Booker, — U.S.-, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
Garcia entered into a plea agreement wherein he waived his right to appeal a sentence imposed within the U.S. Sentencing Guideline range. The district court followed the applicable guidelines in this case. Thus, Garcia's Booker argument is foreclosed by his plea agreement. See United States v. McKinney, 406 F.3d 746-47, 2005 U.S.App. LEXIS 6530, *6-10 (5th Cir. Apr. 15, 2005).
Assuming arguendo that we could entertain a Boofcer-based appeal of Garcia's sentence, we still would not reverse his sentence or vacate it and remand for resentencing. Garcia did not object on Sixth Amendment/ Booker grounds to his sentence in the district court. Therefore, we would review his sentence for plain error. United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 520 (5th Cir.2005). Under that standard we will reverse if an appellant can show that (1) there is error; (2) the error is plain; and (3) the error affects "substantial rights," i.e., the error "must have affected the outcome of the district court proceedings." United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 732-34, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993). " 'If all three conditions are met, an appellate court may then exercise its discretion to notice a forfeited error, but only if (4) the error "seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings." ' " United States v. Cotton, 535 U.S. 625, 631, 122 S.Ct. 1781, 152 L.Ed.2d 860 (2002) (quoting Johnson v. United States, 520 U.S. 461, 467, 117 S.Ct. 1544, 137 L.Ed.2d 718 (1997)).
Assuming Garcia's sentence constitutes Booker error, we find that his substantial rights were not affected. In order to show that substantial rights were affected, Garcia must "demonstratef ] that the sentencing judge — sentencing under an advisory scheme rather than a mandatory one— would have reached a significantly different result." Mares, 402 F.3d at 521. A review of the sentencing hearing does not yield any evidence that the sentencing judge would have reached a different result. Thus, on this ground, we affirm Garcia's sentence in the alternative.
Accordingly, we reinstate our prior judgment affirming Garcia's sentence.
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.