Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick HYMON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-11-21
Citations: 583 F. App'x 900
Docket Number: No. 14-10142
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick HYMON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JORDAN, JILL PRYOR and BLACK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 583
Pages: 900–900

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick HYMON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-10142
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Nov. 21, 2014.
Yvette Rhodes, Arthur Lee Bentley, III, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tampa, FL, Nicole M. Andrejko, Emmett Jackson Boggs, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
D. Todd Doss, Robert Godfrey, Rosemary Cakmis, Donna Lee Elm, James T. Skuthan, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JORDAN, JILL PRYOR and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Patrick Hymon appeals his 180-month sentence, imposed after he pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and 924(e)(1). On appeal, Hymon argues the district court violated his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights by enhancing his sentence, pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), based on prior convictions that .were not charged in the indictment nor proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 226-27, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), held that the fact of a prior conviction is not an "element" of the crime that must be charged in the indictment and proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Therefore, the district court did not err in enhancing Hymon's sentence. Accordingly, we affirm.
AFFIRMED.
. We review constitutional sentencing, issues de novo. United States v. Steed, 548 F.3d 961, 978 (11th Cir.2008).