Ceja-Licea
United States v. Ceja-Licea
Opinion
lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Francisco Ceja-Licea appeals from his conviction and sentence of 46 months in prison and three years of supervised for illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. *595 §§ 1326 (a) and 1326(b)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
Ceja-Licea contends that the maximum sentence that could be imposed is two years because the constitutional holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 , 118 S.Ct. 1219 , 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), is inconsistent with Supreme Court jurisprudence. This contention is foreclosed. See United States v. Salazar-Lopez, 506 F.3d 748 , 751 n. 3 (9th Cir.2007).
Ceja-Licea contends that his admission that his prior convictions were aggravated felonies must be vacated because the district court did not inform him of the elements of an aggravated felony under Fed. R.Crim.P. 11. He further contends that the district court accepted his admission without a sufficient factual basis. This contention is foreclosed. See United States v. Covian-Sandoval, 462 F.3d 1090, 1096 (9th Cir.2006), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 1866 , 167 L.Ed.2d 355 (2007) (prior convictions do not need to be alleged in the indictment, proven…