Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Trinidad PEREZ-AGUILAR, aka Trini, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-07-10
Citations: 41 F. App'x 110
Docket Number: No. 00-50163; D.C. No. CR-97-01351-01-IEG
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Trinidad PEREZ-AGUILAR, aka Trini, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 41
Pages: 110–110

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Trinidad PEREZ-AGUILAR, aka Trini, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 00-50163.
D.C. No. CR-97-01351-01-IEG.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted June 8, 2001.
Submission Withdrawn in Part June 21, 2001.
Resubmitted July 10, 2002.
Decided July 10, 2002.
Before D.W. NELSON, FERNANDEZ, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM
Jose Trinidad Perez-Aguilar appeals his conviction and sentence for one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. See 21 U.S.C. § 841, 846. We affirm.
(1) On June 21, 2001, we vacated submission as to Perez's claims under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). On that same date, we decided his other claim.
(2) Perez attacks the failure to submit the issues of type and quantity of the drug to the jury. That was error, but it was not a plain error which requires reversal. See id. at 490, 120 S.Ct. at 2362-63; United States v. Buckland, 289 F.3d 558, 568-70 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 122 S.Ct. 2314, 152 L.Ed.2d 1067 (2002). His conspiracy to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine placed him in the sentencing range of up to 30 years of imprisonment and up to 6 years of supervised release. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C). His sentence was below those maxima. It is true that the quantity determined by the district court elevated the statutory mini-ma, but Apprendi does not invalidate that increase. See Harris v. United States, — U.S. -, 122 S.Ct. 2406, 2419-20, - L.Ed.2d-(2002).
AFFIRMED.
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