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United States v. Moreno-Torres, 00-41391 (2001)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Number: 00-41391 Visitors: 4
Filed: Oct. 30, 2001
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 00-41391 Conference Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROBERTO MORENO TORRES, also known as Urrutea, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. B-00-CR-292-1 - October 29, 2001 Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Roberto Moreno-Torres (Moreno) appeals the 57-month sentence imposed following his plea of guilt
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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 00-41391
                        Conference Calendar



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

ROBERTO MORENO TORRES, also known
as Urrutea,

                                         Defendant-Appellant.

                       --------------------
           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                      USDC No. B-00-CR-292-1
                       --------------------
                         October 29, 2001

Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Roberto Moreno-Torres (Moreno) appeals the 57-month sentence

imposed following his plea of guilty to a charge of being found

in the United States after deportation, a violation of 8 U.S.C.

§ 1326.   He contends that he is subject to a two-year statutory

maximum sentence because the indictment did not allege that he

had a prior aggravated-felony conviction.

     Moreno acknowledges that his argument is foreclosed by the

Supreme Court’s decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States,


     *
        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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 00-41391
                                -2-

523 U.S. 224
(1998), but he seeks to preserve the issue for

Supreme Court review in light of the decision in Apprendi v. New

Jersey, 
530 U.S. 466
(2000).

     Apprendi did not overrule Almendarez-Torres.   See 
Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90
; United States v. Dabeit, 
231 F.3d 979
, 984

(5th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 
121 S. Ct. 1214
(2001).   Moreno’s

argument is foreclosed.   The judgment of the district court is

AFFIRMED.

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