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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carmen Noel FUENTES, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 03-40507.

Conference Calendar

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Oct. 22, 2003.

James Lee Turner, Assistant US Attorney, David Hill Peck, US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Margaret Christina Ling, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Rudy Xavier Rodriguez, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.*

Carmen Noel Fuentes appeals his sentence for his guilty-plea conviction for ille*31gal reentry into the country after having been deported following an aggravated felony conviction. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). For the first time on appeal, he argues that § 1326(b)(2) is unconstitutional in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000).

As conceded by Fuentes, his challenge to the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which was not overruled by Apprendi. See United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979, 984 (5th Cir.2000). Moreover, the indictment specifically charged that Fuentes had previously been convicted of an aggravated felony.

AFFIRMED.

United States v. Fuentes
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