United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for conspiracy to commit money laundering is vacated pursuant to his claim of Booker error where the government did not meet its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the federal constitutional error of which defendant complained did not contribute to the sentence that he received.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/13/2006
• Published 01/13/2006

Judges

• KING, Chief Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and BARKSDALE and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• M. Patricia Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baton Rouge, LA, for U.S., John H. Craft, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Robin Elise Schulberg, New Orleans, LA, for Adair.