United States v. Hinojosa-Benumea

175 F. App'x 924

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 14, 2006
• Docket: No. 05-50222
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Ismael Hinojosa-Benumea appeals from the 60-month sentence imposed following his jury conviction for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Hinojosa-Benumea contends that the district court erred in imposing an enhancement for a prior aggravated felony pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2. Specifically, Hinojosa-Benumea contends that his 1986 conviction for burglary does not qualify as an aggravated felony. We conclude that the documentation of the 1986 burglary conviction establishes that it did satisfy all the elements of generic burglary as set forth in United States v. Williams, 47 F.3d 993, 995 (9th Cir.1995), and that the district court properly determined that this conviction constitutes an aggravated felony for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b).

We reject Hinojosa-Benumea’s contention that the enhancement of his sentence was unconstitutional because the prior conviction was not alleged in the indictment, he did not admit the prior conviction, and the prior conviction was not proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. See United States v. Velasquez-Reyes, 427 F.3d 1227, 1229 (9th Cir.2005).

AFFIRMED.

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