Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Felix REYES-PARADA, a.k.a Daniel Reyes-Parada, a.k.a. Daniel Reyes, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-09-04
Citations: 240 F. App'x 352
Docket Number: No. 06-13700
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Felix REYES-PARADA, a.k.a Daniel Reyes-Parada, a.k.a. Daniel Reyes, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and CARNES and FAY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 240
Pages: 352–353

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Felix REYES-PARADA, a.k.a Daniel Reyes-Parada, a.k.a. Daniel Reyes, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-13700.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Sept. 4, 2007.
Todd B. Grandy, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Mary A. Mills, Federal Public Defender, R. Fletcher Peacock, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and CARNES and FAY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Reyes-Parada was convicted of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) & (b)(1), and was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment after the district court applied the sixteen-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L 1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii). Reyes-Parada's sole contention is that the enhancement should not have been applied because the 2000 California conviction for assault with a deadly weapon, upon which the enhancement was based, was not a "conviction for a felony" within the meaning of the guideline. That contention is foreclosed by the conviction in this case itself, which was based on Reyes-Parada's guilty plea to the indictment which charged, among other things, that he "previously had been convicted of a felony offense, to wit:" the California assault with a deadly weapon offense.
Because the guilty plea and conviction based on it, which have not been challenged, establish that Reyes-Parada's 2000 California conviction is a felony, we reject his contention that he should have been sentenced as though it were not.
AFFIRMED.