United States v. Morales-Pereyra

15 F. App'x 482

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: July 23, 2001
• Docket: No. 00-50206; D.C. No. CR-99-856-RAP
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Aurelio Morales-Pereyra appeals the judgment of conviction and 57-month sentence imposed after his guilty plea to being an illegal alien found in the United States following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Morales-Pereyra contends that in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), the district court improperly imposed a sentence in excess of the two-year maximum set forth in 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) because the government neither pled in the indictment nor established through the guilty plea that Morales-Pereyra had been deported subsequent to a prior conviction for an aggravated felony. He also contends that Apprendi renders inapplicable Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). These arguments are foreclosed by United States v. PachecoZepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.2000), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 121 S.Ct. 1503, 149 L.Ed.2d 388 (2001). United States v. Castillo-Rivera, 244 F.3d 1020, 2001 WL 287046 (9th Cir. March 26, 2001).

AFFIRMED.

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