United States Fifth Circuit

A deputy sheriff's conviction for deprivation of a suspect's rights under color of law, 18 U.S.C. section 242, could be a "crime of violence" for purposes of an accompanying discharge of a firearm count under 18 U.S.C. section 924(c)(1)(A)(iii); civil rights conviction is affirmed over claims of evidentiary error and prosecutor misconduct. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2003
• Published 09/08/2003

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, SMITH and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer Levin (argued), David Kevin Flynn, PHB, App. Sec., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Jack Brooks Lacy, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Thomas E. Royals (argued), Royals & Mayfield, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.