Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Humberto DE LA SOTA-RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-03-28
Citations: 221 F. App'x 897
Docket Number: No. 06-13886
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Humberto DE LA SOTA-RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 221
Pages: 897–897

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Humberto DE LA SOTA-RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-13886
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
March 28, 2007.
Peter Vincent Birch, Federal Public Defender, West Palm Beach, FL, Kathleen M. Williams, Federal Public Defender, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Before BIRCH, HULL and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Humberto De La Sota-Rivera appeals his 48-month sentence for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation. 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) & (b)(2). Sota-Rivera argues that the enhancement of his sentence based on his previous criminal conviction violated his rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments because the predicate offense was neither charged in the indictment nor found by a jury. Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). We affirm.
Under current Supreme Court precedent, previous convictions can enhance a defendant's sentence without being alleged in the indictment or proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 244-46, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 1231-32, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). That precedent remains good law. United States v. Camacho-Ibarquen, 410 F.3d 1307, 1315-16 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 457, 163 L.Ed.2d 347 (2005).
Sota-Rivera's sentence is
AFFIRMED.