Opinion ID: 795234
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Heading: Pleading an Aggravated Felony in the Indictment

Text: 15 Espinoza-Cano argues that the fact of his prior conviction for an aggravated felony must have been pled in the indictment and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. This argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350, which remains binding precedent on this court. United States v. Weiland, 420 F.3d 1062, 1079, n. 16 (9th Cir.2005); United States v. Quintana-Quintana, 383 F.3d 1052, 1053 (9th Cir.2004); United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411, 412 (9th Cir.2000).