USA v. Leonardo Juarez-Torre

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UNPUBLISHED OPINION FILED. [10-40195 Affirmed ] Judge: TMR , Judge: JLD , Judge: EBC Mandate pull date is 11/29/2010 for Appellant Leonardo Juarez-Torres [10-40195]

USA v. Leonardo Juarez-Torre Case: 10-40195

Document: 00511287059 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/08/2010

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS United States Court of Appeals FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Fifth Circuit FILED
N o . 10-40195 S u m m a r y Calendar November 8, 2010 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk

U N IT E D STATES OF AMERICA, P la in t if f -A p p e lle e v. L E O N A R D O JUAREZ-TORRES, D e fe n d a n t -A p p e lla n t

A p p e a l from the United States District Court fo r the Southern District of Texas U S D C No. 1:09-CR-862-1

B e fo r e REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. P E R CURIAM:* L e o n a r d o Juarez-Torres (Juarez) appeals his guilty plea conviction for a id in g and abetting the transportation of an alien within the United States in v io la t io n of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) and (a)(1)(A)(v)(II). The district court s e n te n c e d Juarez to 60 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised r e le a s e . J u a r e z contends that the district court erred in relying on the hearsay s t a t e m e n t s of material witnesses to enhance his sentence because he was not
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
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Case: 10-40195 Document: 00511287059 Page: 2 Date Filed: 11/08/2010 No. 10-40195 a ffo r d e d an opportunity to confront the witnesses. Juarez's argument is

fo r e c lo s e d by our precedent. See United States v. Beydoun, 469 F.3d 102, 108 (5 t h Cir. 2006) (citing Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004)) (holding that t h e use of hearsay testimony at sentencing does not violate Crawford). T h e judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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