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Date Created: 2010-04-25 08:13:45+00
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 00-40126
                        Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

LUIS MARTINEZ-DE LA ROSA,

                                         Defendant-Appellant.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                     USDC No. L-99-CR-828-ALL
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                           April 12, 2001

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Luis Martinez-De La Rosa (“Martinez”) appeals from his

guilty-plea conviction for illegal reentry into the United

States.   He argues for the first time on appeal that his

indictment was defective for failing to allege general intent.

This court’s decision in United States v. Guzman-Ocampo, 236 F.3d

233, 238-39 (5th Cir. 2000), is dispositive of such argument.

The indictment alleged every statutorily required element of 8

U.S.C. § 1326 and fairly imported that Martinez’s reentry was a

voluntary act in view of the allegations that he had been

     *
        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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
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deported and removed and that he was present without having

obtained the consent of the Attorney General.   Martinez failed to

challenge the indictment or the element of voluntariness in

district court.   Consequently, under Guzman-Ocampo, the

indictment was statutorily sufficient.

     Martinez also argues that the indictment was defective

because it failed to allege a specific intent element.     This

argument is foreclosed by United States v. Trevino-Martinez, 86

F.3d 65, 68-69 (5th Cir. 1996), which Martinez concedes.     He

raises this issue to preserve it for possible Supreme Court

review.

     Accordingly, the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.