Barajas
United States v. Barajas
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Jose Luis Barajas appeals his conviction pursuant to a conditional guilty plea to importing 18.65 kilograms of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 , 960. His contention that the federal drug statutes are unconstitutional following Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 , 120 S.Ct. 2348 , 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), is precluded by 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. de *314 nied, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 573 , 154 L.Ed.2d 459 (2002). His contention that Harris v. United States, 536 U.S. 545 , 122 S.Ct. 2406 , 153 L.Ed.2d 524 (2002), overrules Buckland and Mendoza-Paz was rejected in United States v. Hernandez, 314 F.3d 430 (9th Cir.2002). Barajas’s contention that the indictment was defective because it did not allege that he had 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).