Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANH TUAN TRAN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-12
Citations: 209 F. App'x 444
Docket Number: Nos. 05-20357, 05-20503
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANH TUAN TRAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 209
Pages: 444–445

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANH TUAN TRAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 05-20357, 05-20503
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 12, 2006.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Thomas J. Bevans, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Anh Tuan Tran appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty-plea convictions for possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Tran argues that the district court erred in sentencing him based on additional amounts of controlled substances not charged in the indictment and not admitted by him during his plea colloquy. He argues that because the additional amounts of controlled substances were not proved beyond a reasonable doubt, his sentence was erroneous under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
Tran was sentenced after Booker was decided and therefore he was not subjected to a mandatory sentencing regime. "Booker contemplates that, with the mandatory use of the Guidelines excised, the Sixth Amendment will not impede a sentencing judge from finding all facts relevant to sentencing." United States v. Johnson, 445 F.3d 793, 798 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 2884, 165 L.Ed.2d 908 (2006). "The sentencing judge is entitled to find by a preponderance of the evidence all the facts relevant to the determination of a Guideline sentencing range and all facts relevant to the determination of a non-Guidelines sentence." Id. Such is the case "even where calculation of the appropriate range requires the court to take into account facts not proven to a jury." Id. Accordingly, Tran's argument lacks merit.
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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.