United States v. Reyna-Moreno
Opinion
Miguel Reyna-Moreno (Reyna) pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after deportation and was sentenced to 41 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
*152 Reyna challenges the presumption of reasonableness that attaches to a within-guidelines sentence under this court’s post-Booker 1 jurisprudence. As Reyna concedes, this argument is foreclosed under Rita v. United States, — U.S.-, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 2462, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007).
Reyna further contends that the district court did not give sufficient reasons when denying his request for a variance from the guideline range and that his sentence is unreasonable under the factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). The district court gave sufficient reasons for sentencing Reyna within the guideline range. See Rita, 127 S.Ct. at 2469. Additionally, Reyna’s sentence within the guideline range was presumptively reasonable, and Reyna has not shown that “the sentence ... constitute[s] a clear error in the court’s exercise of its broad sentencing discretion” as to whether the sentence “(1) does not account for a factor that should have received significant weight, (2) gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor; or (3) represents a clear error of judgment in balancing the sentencing factors.” United States v. Nikonova, 480 F.3d 371, 376 (5th Cir.) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 128 S.Ct. 163, 169 L.Ed.2d 112 (2007).
In light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), Reyna 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 court has held that this issue is “fully foreclosed from further debate.” United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir. 2007), petition for cert. filed (Aug. 28, 2007)(No. 07-6202).
AFFIRMED.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Miguel REYNA-MORENO, Defendant-Appellant
- Status
- Unpublished