United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where his two prior drug offenses were not a single criminal transaction for purposes of a sentence enhancement under 18 U.S.C. section 924(e), and such a finding was properly made by the district court without the utilization of a jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2006
• Published 09/19/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Camille Ann Domingue, Kelly P. Uebinger, Asst. U.S. Attys., Lafayette, LA, for U.S., Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Fed. Pub. Def., Lafayette, LA, for White.