Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tehran Andre BATEY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-07-12
Citations: 138 F. App'x 677
Docket Number: No. 04-41009
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tehran Andre BATEY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 138
Pages: 677–678

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tehran Andre BATEY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-41009.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided July 12, 2005.
Jennifer Bess Lowery, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Zachary Joseph Hawthorn, Law Office of Joseph C. Hawthorn, Beaumont, TX, for Defendanh-Appellant.
Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Tehran Batey appeals the sentence he received following his guilty plea for possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). He renews his argument, preserved in the district court, that his constitutional rights were violated when the district court assessed a two-level enhancement for possession of a firearm, pursuant to § 2D1.1(b)(1) (2003), citing Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004).
The government concedes that it cannot meet its burden under a harmless error analysis that the mandatory nature of the guidelines did not contribute to the sentence imposed. United States v. Akpan, 407 F.3d 360, 377 (5th Cir.2005). Accordingly, Batey's sentence must be vacated and remanded for resentencing consistent with Booker,—U.S.-, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
VACATED and REMANDED.
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.