Filed: Feb. 14, 2001
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Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 99-21074 Conference Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ELISEO RODRIGUEZ-HERRERA, also known as Felix Eliseo Rodriguez-Herrera, also known as Eliseo Rodriguez, also known as Eliseo Herrera Rodriguez, also known as Tomas Torres, also known as Pedro Rodriguez Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. H-99-CR-387 -1 - February 14, 2001 Befor
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 99-21074 Conference Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ELISEO RODRIGUEZ-HERRERA, also known as Felix Eliseo Rodriguez-Herrera, also known as Eliseo Rodriguez, also known as Eliseo Herrera Rodriguez, also known as Tomas Torres, also known as Pedro Rodriguez Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. H-99-CR-387 -1 - February 14, 2001 Before..
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-21074
Conference Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ELISEO RODRIGUEZ-HERRERA, also known as Felix
Eliseo Rodriguez-Herrera, also known as Eliseo
Rodriguez, also known as Eliseo Herrera
Rodriguez, also known as Tomas Torres, also
known as Pedro Rodriguez
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. H-99-CR-387 -1
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February 14, 2001
Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Eliseo Rodriguez-Herrera pleaded guilty to illegal reentry
after deportation, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Because he
had been previously deported after an aggravated felony,
Rodriguez was sentenced to 79 months’ imprisonment pursuant to 8
U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). Rodriguez challenges the sufficiency of his
indictment on three grounds.
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
No. 99-21074
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Rodriguez argues that the indictment failed to allege that
he had committed any criminal act because it charged only a
passive “status crime” of having been found in the United States
without permission. This argument is foreclosed by the court’s
recent decision in United States v. Tovias-Marroquin,
218 F.3d
455, 456-57 (5th Cir. 2000), cert. denied,
121 S. Ct. 670 (2000).
He also argues that the indictment was insufficient because
it failed to allege any specific criminal intent. He raises the
issue only to preserve it for possible Supreme Court review,
however, and concedes that his argument is foreclosed. See
United States v. Ortegon-Uvalde,
179 F.3d 956, 959 (5th Cir.),
cert. denied,
528 U.S. 979 (1999).
Rodriguez also argues that the indictment was insufficient
because it failed to allege general intent. This court’s recent
decision in United States v. Guzman-Ocampo,
236 F.3d 233 (5th
Cir. 2000), disposes of the issue. The indictment alleged every
statutorily required element of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 and fairly
imported that Rodriguez’s reentry was a voluntary act in view of
the allegations that he had been excluded, deported, and removed,
and that he was present without having obtained the Attorney
General’s consent. Under Guzman-Ocampo, the indictment was
statutorily sufficient, and Rodriguez does not contend that his
reentry was involuntary.
The conviction is AFFIRMED.