Legal Opinion
United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2000No. 99-50720PublishedCited by 373 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Gabriel Pacheco-Zepeda (“Pacheco-Zepeda”) appeals his 57-month sentence for illegally reentering the United States following deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pacheco-Zepeda contends that the district court improperly enhanced his sentence on the basis of prior convictions for aggravated felonies that were not charged in the indictment, submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt.1 We reject this argument because it is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998).
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