Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Alfonso Albarran-Gomenzain raises arguments that are foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which held that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is a penalty provision and not a separate criminal offense. The Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfonso ALBARRAN-GOMENZAIN, also known as Alfonso Gomenzain, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-51330
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 7, 2007.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
*350Luden B. Campbell, Federal Public Defender, Philip J. Lynch, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
United States v. Albarran-Gomenzain
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