Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mario Alberto GARCIA-BALDERAS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-05-01
Citations: 326 F. App'x 745
Docket Number: No. 08-40433
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mario Alberto GARCIA-BALDERAS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIENER, STEWART, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 326
Pages: 745–746

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mario Alberto GARCIA-BALDERAS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-40433
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 1, 2009.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, STEWART, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
DefendanL-Appellant Mario Alberto Garcia-Balderas appeals his 77-month sentence of imprisonment following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal reentry following deportation. Garcia-Balderas contends that the district court erred in calculating the advisory guidelines sentencing range when the district court imposed a 16-level adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A), based on a prior state conviction. The district court based the adjustment on Garcia-Balderas's Texas state conviction for delivery of marijuana in amount of more than 50 pounds but less than 200 pounds, or a Texas state conviction for aggravated assault.
Garcia-Balderas has failed to establish plain error because the evidence with which the government supplemented the record on appeal demonstrates that Garcia-Balderas was convicted of delivery by actual transfer of marijuana, an offense that qualifies as a drug trafficking offense under § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A). See United States v. Garcia-Arellano, 522 F.3d 477, 481 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 129 S.Ct. 353, 172 L.Ed.2d 138 (2008); United States v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 712, 714-15 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 551 U.S. 1156, 127 S.Ct. 3031, 168 L.Ed.2d 748 (2007). As Garcia-Balderas failed to demonstrate plain error in the application of the enhancement on the basis of the drug offense, we do not consider the other possible basis for the enhancement, viz., the aggravated assault. See United States v. Jackson, 453 F.3d 302, 308 n. 11 (5th Cir.2006).
AFFIRMED.
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.