United States Fifth Circuit

Convictions for attempted murder under 18 U.S.C. section 1114 were adequately supported where evidence showed that Dallas police were assisting a federal officer; the government's comments on section 1114 did not mislead the jury, and sentence enhancements were proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2002
• Published 06/26/2002

Judges

• CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter Michael Fleury, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def. (argued), Fort Worth, TX, for Smith., James Knox Brooks Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Hagood, Fisher & Holmes, John Davidson Nation (argued), Dallas, TX, for Polk.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Gill (argued), Chad Eugene Meacham, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.