Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Alfonso Lopez-Morales

* 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should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-40133
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
ALFONSO LOPEZ-MORALES
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 5:06-CR-1203-1
Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Alfonso Lopez-Morales was convicted on a guilty plea to two charges:
possessing heroin and methamphetamine, respectively, each with intent to
distribute. He was sentenced to 168 months in prison.
Lopez asserts the district court erred by applying a presumption of
reasonableness to the advisory guidelines sentencing range and by failing to give
sufficient weight to the sentencing factors of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Lopez thus
contends his sentence is unreasonable and should be vacated. The record refutes
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
December 5, 2007
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk

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Lopez’s assertions. The district court’s remarks at sentencing show that Lopez’s
sentence was the result of a balancing of the proper factors, including the
guidelines and the considerations of § 3553(a). There is no indication in the
record that Lopez-Morales’s sentence is the result of “a clear error in the court’s
exercise of its broad sentencing discretion.” See United States v. Nikonova, 480
F.3d 371, 376 (5th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 163 (2007).
Lopez further asserts this court’s jurisprudence affording a presumption
of reasonableness to a sentence falling within a properly calculated guidelines
range is contrary to United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005). As Lopez
concedes, this claim is foreclosed by Rita v. United States, 127 S. Ct. 2456, 2462
(2007).
AFFIRMED.

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