Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Armando ROMERO-MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-12-10
Citations: 82 F. App'x 927
Docket Number: No. 03-40821
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Armando ROMERO-MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 82
Pages: 927–927

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Armando ROMERO-MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-40821.
Conference Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 10, 2003.
James Lee Turner, Assistant US Attorney, David Hill Peek, US Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender,' Margaret Christina Ling, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Richard Brace Gould, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Jorge Armando Romero-Martinez appeals his illegal reentry conviction. Romero concedes that the issue whether the "felony" and "aggravated felony" provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) & (2) are unconstitutional in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), and he raises it solely to preserve its further review by the Supreme Court. Apprendi did not overrule Almendarez-Torres. See Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90. This court must therefore follow the precedent set in Almendarez-Torres "unless and until the Supreme Court itself determines to overrule it." See United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979, 984 (5th Cir.2000) (internal quotation and citation omitted).
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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.