Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-19
Citations: 128 F. App'x 733
Docket Number: No. 04-14761; D.C. Docket No. 04-00160-CR-1-1
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 128
Pages: 733–734

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-14761.
Non-Argument Calendar
D.C. Docket No. 04-00160-CR-1-1.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
April 19, 2005.
Melanie D. Wilson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Regina Cannon Stephenson and Stephanie Kearns, Federal Defender Program, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Salvador Rodriguez appeals his 77-month sentence for illegal reentry into the United States after removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). Rodriguez argues that the enhancements to his sentence based on his previous convictions violated the Sixth Amendment. We affirm the sentence.
Because Rodriguez objected to the sentence enhancements in the district court, we review the challenges to his sentence de novo. United States v. Sanchez, 269 F.3d 1250, 1272 (11th Cir.2001) (en banc). We will not reverse the district court if any error was harmless. Id. An error is harmless if it did not affect the substantial rights of the parties. United States v. Hernandez, 160 F.3d 661, 670 (11th Cir. 1998).
Rodriguez challenge to his sentence fails. In United States v. Booker, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the rule announced in Apprendi does not extend to previous convictions. — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 756, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). The Sixth Amendment was not violated, therefore, when the district court calculated the guideline sentence and accounted for Rodriguez's previous convictions. Furthermore, any error committed by the district court in sentencing Rodriguez under the guidelines, as mandatory, was harmless, because the district court stated that were the guidelines not mandatory it would have imposed a sentence of 15 years' imprisonment, more than twice that actually received by Rodriguez.
AFFIRMED.