Court Opinion

ID: 7217078
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-25 02:30:36.861912+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:17:03.154830
License: Public Domain

MEMORANDUM**
Ismael Nunez-Martinez appeals from his conditional guilty plea conviction and *457sentence for importation of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960.
Nunez-Martinez’s contention that 21 U.S.C. § 960 is facially unconstitutional following Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), and that United States v. Harris, 536 U.S. 545, 122 S.Ct. 2406, 153 L.Ed.2d 524 (2002), overrules United States v. Buckland, 289 F.3d 558, 562 (9th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1105, 122 S.Ct. 2314, 152 L.Ed.2d 1067 (2002), and United States v. Mendoza-Paz, 286 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 573, 154 L.Ed.2d 459 (2002), is foreclosed by United States v. Hernandez, 314 F.3d 430, 438 (9th Cir.2002). Nunez-Martinez’s contention that the indictment was defective because it did not allege that Nunez-Martinez had the mens rea as to the drug type and quantity is foreclosed by United States v. Carranza, 289 F.3d 634 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 572, 154 L.Ed.2d 458 (2002). Nunez-Martinez’s conviction is
AFFIRMED.

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