United States v. Medina-Doblado

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED June 19, 2008 No. 07-50923 Conference Calendar Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff-Appellee v. MINOR DAVID MEDINA-DOBLADO Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 2:07-CR-51-ALL Before JONES, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Minor David Medina-Doblado appeals from his conviction and sentence for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation. Although he initially challenged the district court’s application of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(B) to his sentence based upon his prior Colorado conviction, the Government subsequently supplemented the record with additional documentation regarding that conviction. In response, Medina-Doblado conceded that, under plain error * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. No. 07-50923 review, the supplemental documentation was sufficient to show that his sentence was correctly calculated. In light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), Medina-Doblado challenges the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)’s treatment of prior felony and aggravated felony convictions as sentencing factors rather than elements of the offense that must be found by a jury. This argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235 (1998). United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 872 (2008). The district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED. 2