Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jamie SMITH, also known as Papoose, also known as Pap, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-10-15
Citations: 111 F. App'x 280
Docket Number: No. 04-30103
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jamie SMITH, also known as Papoose, also known as Pap, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 111
Pages: 280–281

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jamie SMITH, also known as Papoose, also known as Pap, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-30103.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Oct. 15, 2004.
Cristina Walker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Christopher Albert Aberle, Mandeville, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before GARZA, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jamie Smith appeals his conviction and 360-month sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute specified quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine, and an unspecified amount of marijuana and ecstasy. He contends that his sentence was improperly increased under Blakely v. Washington, — U.S.-, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 2537, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), due to relevant-conduct drug quantity and his role in the conspiracy, factors not specifically alleged in his indictment. As he concedes, this contention is foreclosed by United States v. Pineiro, 377 F.3d 464, 466 (5th Cir.2004), petition for cert. filed, (U.S. July 14, 2004) (No. 04-5263).
Smith also contends that his sentence was improperly increased due to prior felony convictions that were not alleged in his indictment. As Smith concedes, this contention is also foreclosed. See Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998); Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000).
Smith contends that a $100 special assessment was wrongly imposed on Count 24 of his indictment. The Government concedes that Count 24 is not a count of conviction but that it merely advised Smith of the possibility of an increased sentence based on a prior state felony conviction. See 21 U.S.C. § 851; 18 U.S.C. § 3013(a).
The judgment is AFFIRMED in all respects except for the imposition of the $100 special assessment on Count 24. That part of the judgment is MODIFIED to reflect a conviction on Count 1 only and a special assessment of only $100. Any money paid by Smith toward the erroneous special assessment should be refunded.
AFFIRMED IN PART; MODIFIED IN PART.
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.