Opinion

United States v. Gonzalez-Alanis

  • 88 F. App'x 770
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Feb 18, 2004
Status
Published
On the bench
Garza, Higginbotham, Prado
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 45.5%

The opinion

PER CURIAM: *

*771 Benjamin Gonzalez-Alanis (“Gonzalez”) appeals the sentence imposed following his conviction for illegal reentry into the United States after commission of an aggravated felony. He argues that 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (b)(2), which was used to enhance his sentence based on his prior aggravated felony conviction, is unconstitutional.

Gonzalez acknowledges that his argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235 , 118 S.Ct. 1219 , 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), but asserts that the decision has been cast into doubt by Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 , 120 S.Ct. 2348 , 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). He seeks to preserve his argument for further review.

Apprendi did not overrule AlmendarezTorres. See Apprendi 530 U.S. at 489-90 ; United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979, 984 (5th Cir.2000). This court must follow Almendarez-Torres “unless and until the Supreme Court itself determines to overrule it.” Dabeit, 231 F.3d at 984 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).

Gonzalez further argues that a conflict exists between the district court’s oral pronouncement of sentence and the written judgment because the written judgment contains a condition of supervised release prohibiting the possession of a dangerous weapon while the court did not mention this prohibition at the sentencing hearing. His argument is foreclosed by this court’s decision in United States v. Torres-Aguilar, 352 F.3d 934, 937-38 (5th Cir.2003). The judgment of the district court 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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