Chavez-Barraza

United States v. Chavez-Barraza

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2 F. App'x 773
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 24, 2001No. 00-30015California180 words

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM 2

Daniel Chavezr-Barraza appeals the 29-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea to one count of illegal re-entry, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Chavez-Barraza contends that the district court improperly enhanced his sentence on the basis of a prior state conviction that qualified as an aggravated felony under the United States Sentencing Guidelines that was neither charged in the information nor proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Chavez-Barraza’s argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 , 118 S.Ct. 1219 , 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which the Supreme Court in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 , 120 S.Ct. 2348 , 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000) expressly declined to revisit. Apprendi, 120 S.Ct. at 2362 ; see also United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411, 414 (9th Cir.2000).

AFFIRMED.

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