United States Fifth Circuit

Defendants' convictions and sentences for offenses relating to bank robbery are affirmed as to one defendant, and reversed in part as to one defendant's conviction for brandishing a firearm during a robbery where a reasonable trier of fact would have to conclude that a reasonable doubt existed that he knew that a gun was used in the robbery at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2006
• Published 06/28/2006

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, GARZA and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michelle Palacios (argued), McAllen, TX, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for U.S., Frank Svetlik (argued), Law Office of Frank Svetlik, Houston, TX, for Thompson., Katherine Scardino (argued), Houston, TX, for Carter.