Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit February 17, 2016, No. 15-40872 (United States v. Galvan-Mata)

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PER CURIAM: *

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Ernesto Galvan-Mata raises an argument that is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 228, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which held that convictions used to enhance a sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) need not be set forth in the indictment.

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