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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D REVISED MARCH 29, 2007 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS November 17, 2006 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 06-40537 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROHAN GEORGE STEWART, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 1:05-CR-712-ALL - Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE, AND BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Rohan Geor
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D REVISED MARCH 29, 2007 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS November 17, 2006 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 06-40537 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROHAN GEORGE STEWART, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 1:05-CR-712-ALL - Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE, AND BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Rohan Georg..
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United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
REVISED MARCH 29, 2007
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS November 17, 2006
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 06-40537
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ROHAN GEORGE STEWART,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:05-CR-712-ALL
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Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE, AND BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Rohan George Stewart appeals his guilty-plea conviction and
sentence for attempted illegal reentry. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He
argues that the district court erred in assessing a 16-level
“crime of violence” enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G.
§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) based on a prior Florida conviction for
burglary of a dwelling. He argues that the Florida statute is
over broad because it includes “curtilage” in the definition of
“dwelling.” See FLA. STAT. §§ 810.02, 810.011(2).
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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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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. 06-40537
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Stewart’s argument is without merit. The charging document
for one of the burglaries on which the enhancement was based
indicates that he burglarized an apartment. An apartment is
designed for human habitation and is therefore within the meaning
of a “dwelling” for purposes of “burglary of a dwelling” as used
in the Guidelines. United States v. Murillo-Lopez,
444 F.3d 337,
345 (5th Cir. 2006); § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii), comment.
(n.1(B)(iii)); FLA. STAT. § 810.011(2).
Stewart’s challenge to the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C.
§ 1326(b) is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States,
523 U.S. 224, 235 (1998). Although Stewart contends that
Almendarez-Torres was incorrectly decided and that a majority of
the Supreme Court would overrule Almendarez-Torres in light of
Apprendi v. New Jersey,
530 U.S. 466 (2000), we have repeatedly
rejected such arguments on the basis that Almendarez-Torres
remains binding. See United States v. Garza-Lopez,
410 F.3d 268,
276 (5th Cir.), cert. denied,
126 S. Ct. 298 (2005).
AFFIRMED.