Lazaro-Alonzo
United States v. Lazaro-Alonzo
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Benjamin Lazaros-Alonso appeals from his sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for being an illegal alien found in the United States following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (a), and (b)(2).
Lazaro-Alonso, who filed his brief with this court before the Supreme Court is *846 sued its decision in United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), argues that the Sentencing Guidelines are unconstitutional and that the enhancement of his sentence based on a prior conviction must therefore be invalidated. That argument, however, has since been overtaken by Booker . Lazaro-Alonso’s contention that his enhancement based on a prior conviction is unconstitutional is foreclosed by this court’s case law. See United States v. Moreno-Hernandez, 419 F.3d 906 , 914-15 n. 8 (9th Cir.2005) (explaining that a district judge’s enhancement of a sentence, based on the fact of a prior conviction under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, does not raise any Sixth Amendment problems).
Because Lazaro-Alonso was sentenced under the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines, and we cannot reliably determine from the record whether the sentence imposed would…