DocketNumber: No. 05-30352
Citation Numbers: 198 F. App'x 665
Judges: Bea, Goodwin, Reinhardt
Filed Date: 8/24/2006
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 11/5/2024
MEMORANDUM
Ismael Gutierrez-Valencia appeals from the 46-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Gutierrez-Valencia contends that the district court erred by increasing his sentence pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) based on judge-found facts that he did not admit and a jury did not find beyond a reasonable doubt. He further asserts that Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), still requires facts to be submitted to a jury and proven beyond a reasonable doubt. He also contends that in light of subsequent Supreme Court decisions, Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), has been overruled and that § 1326(b) is unconstitutional.
These contentions are foreclosed with respect to prior convictions. See United States v. Velasquez-Reyes, 427 F.3d 1227, 1229 (9th Cir.2005) (rejecting the contention that the government is required to plead prior convictions in the indictment and prove them beyond a reasonable doubt
Gutierrez-Valencia also contends that following Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), the maximum penalty in a mandatory state sentencing guideline system is the applicable maximum state guideline range, and so his prior state conviction does not qualify as a felony under the Guidelines because the maximum state guideline sentence was under 12 months. As Gutierrez-Valencia concedes, this contention is foreclosed by United States v. Murillo, 422 F.3d 1152, 1155 (9th Cir. 2005).
Gutierrez-Valencia further contends that his sentence is unreasonable because of the sentencing disparity between a non-fast-track jurisdiction and a fast-track jurisdiction. This contention is foreclosed by United States v. Marcial-Santiago, 447 F.3d 715, 719 (9th Cir.2006).
AFFIRMED.
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