Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Doyle Steven DODD, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-10-27
Citations: 111 F. App'x 754
Docket Number: No. 04-30433
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Doyle Steven DODD, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 111
Pages: 754–754

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Doyle Steven DODD, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-30433
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 27, 2004.
Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Defendant-Appellant Doyle Steven Dodd appeals his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. He argues that (1) the district court erred in finding that he was neither a minor nor a minimal participant pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 and (2) Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), rendered 21 U.S.C. § 841, 846 unconstitutional.
The record discloses that (1) Dodd drove one of three vehicles in a three-car convoy from Houston, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana, for a diversionary purpose; (2) on arrival in Lake Charles, Dodd transferred a bag containing five kilograms of cocaine to his vehicle for the purpose of personally transporting the drugs to Byron Robbins's home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; (3) Dodd was personally responsible for transporting a significant amount of cocaine; and (4) Dodd informed law enforcement that he had previously accompanied Kenneth Dodd to Robbins's home to deliver narcotics. We conclude that the district court did not clearly err when it found that Dodd was neither a minimal nor a minor participant in the conspiracy, as that finding is plausible in light of the record as a whole. See U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(a), (b) (2001); United States v. Virgen-Moreno, 265 F.3d 276, 296 (5th Cir.2001).
Dodd concedes that the issue whether Apprendi rendered 21 U.S.C. § 841, 846 unconstitutional is foreclosed by United States v. Slaughter, 238 F.3d 580, 582 (5th Cir.2000), and that he raises it only to preserve its further review by the Supreme Court. We are bound by our precedent, absent an intervening Supreme Court decision or a subsequent en banc decision. See United States v. Short, 181 F.3d 620, 624 (5th Cir.1999).
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.