Soto-Castillo

United States v. Soto-Castillo

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207 F. App'x 798
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 15, 2006No. 05-50955California156 words

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Soto-Castillo appeals the revocation of supervised release following his conviction for illegal reentry following deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 .

Soto-Castillo contends that the supervised release revocation proceedings violate United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 , 125 S.Ct. 738 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), and his Sixth Amendment rights because imposition of the maximum penalty depends on a fact not found by a jury. This contention is foreclosed by United States v. Huertas-Pimental, 445 F.3d 1220 (9th Cir.2006) holding that the revocation of supervised release and the resulting punishment is part of the original sentence and requires no impermissible judicial fact-finding, and that because revocation and the imposition of additional punishment are discretionary, neither violate Booker nor the Sixth Amendment.

AFFIRMED.

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