United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm while an unlawful user of a controlled substance is affirmed over defendant's claims of error regarding: 1) the constitutionality of the criminal statute at issue; 2) sufficiency of the evidence; 3) jury instruction; and 4) admissibility of evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2005
• Published 12/01/2005

Judges

• EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKSDALE and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges, and ENGELHARDT, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Traci Lynne Kenner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tyler, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Jeffrey Scott Harrelson, Harrelson, Moore & Giles, Texarkana, AR, for Defendant-Appellant.