United States v. Nunez-Martinez

61 F. App'x 456

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 16, 2003
• Docket: No. 02-50334; D.C. No. CR-01-03153-IEG
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Ismael Nunez-Martinez appeals from his conditional guilty plea conviction and sentence for importation of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960.

Nunez-Martinez’s contention that 21 U.S.C. § 960 is facially unconstitutional following Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), and that United States v. Harris, 536 U.S. 545, 122 S.Ct. 2406, 153 L.Ed.2d 524 (2002), overrules United States v. Buckland, 289 F.3d 558, 562 (9th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1105, 122 S.Ct. 2314, 152 L.Ed.2d 1067 (2002), and United States v. Mendoza-Paz, 286 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 573, 154 L.Ed.2d 459 (2002), is foreclosed by United States v. Hernandez, 314 F.3d 430, 438 (9th Cir.2002). Nunez-Martinez’s contention that the indictment was defective because it did not allege that Nunez-Martinez had the mens rea as to the drug type and quantity is foreclosed by United States v. Carranza, 289 F.3d 634 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 572, 154 L.Ed.2d 458 (2002). Nunez-Martinez’s conviction is

AFFIRMED.

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