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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 00-3532 ___________ United States of America, * * Appellee, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * District of Nebraska. * Luis Santiago Ramirez-Gil, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellant. * ___________ Submitted: March 20, 2001 Filed: March 30, 2001 ___________ Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Luis Santiago Ramirez-Gil pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States after deportation, in violation of
8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). His sentence was enhanced under
8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) and U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A) because he had previously been deported after being convicted of an aggravated felony. The District Court1 sentenced him to 46 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release. 1 The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. Ramirez-Gil argues that Apprendi v. New Jersey,
120 S. Ct. 2348(2000), required the government to charge the fact of his prior aggravated-felony conviction in the indictment. Apprendi, Ramirez-Gil argues, overruled Almendarez-Torres v. United States,
523 U.S. 224(1998), which had held that an earlier aggravated-felony conviction is a sentencing factor under
8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) that need not be charged as an element of the offense. Apprendi, however, held that "other than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to the jury and proved beyond a reasonable doubt."
120 S. Ct. at 2362-63(emphasis added). The Apprendi Court also explicitly declined to overrule Almendarez-Torres.
Id. at 2362. Likewise, we decline to read Apprendi as disturbing the holding of Almendarez-Torres. See United States v. Rush,
240 F.3d 729, 731 (8th Cir. 2001) (noting that Apprendi does not apply to fact of prior conviction); United States v. Aguayo-Delgado,
220 F.3d 926, 932 n.4 (8th Cir.) (“In Apprendi, the Court left Almendarez-Torres untouched"), cert. denied,
121 S. Ct. 600(2000)). Accordingly, we affirm. A true copy. Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT. -2-
Document Info
Docket Number: 00-3532
Citation Numbers: 6 F. App'x 518
Filed Date: 3/30/2001
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2023