195 F. App'x 234

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel Armas HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 05-41455

Conference Calendar.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Aug. 25, 2006.

James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Molly E. Odom, Philip G. Gallagher, Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

*235PER CURIAM: *

Daniel Armas Hernandez (Armas) appeals his jury-trial conviction and sentence for being illegally present in the United States following removal subsequent to a conviction for an aggravated felony. Ar-mas’s constitutional challenge is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). Although Armas 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, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (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, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 298, 163 L.Ed.2d 260 (2005). Armas properly concedes that his argument is foreclosed in light of Almendarez-Torres and circuit precedent, but he raises it here to preserve it for further review.

AFFIRMED.

United States v. Hernandez
195 F. App'x 234

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