Court Opinion

ID: 8683591
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-25 06:40:09.854984+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:57:32.510537
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM: *  Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Hector Rea-Ponce raises an argument that is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 228, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which held that convictions used to enhance a sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) need not be set forth in the indictment. Accordingly, the government’s unopposed motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, its alternative motion for an extension of time to file its brief is DENIED as unnecessary, and the judgment is 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   Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.