United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for being an alien in possession of ammunition and firearms, and related drug and firearm offenses is affirmed over challenges to whether: 1) arresting agents had probable cause; 2) his confession was given voluntarily; and 3) the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's conclusion that his possession of a firearm was in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2007
• Published 02/08/2007

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, GARZA and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Renata Ann Gowie and James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., John Riley Friesell, Bellaire, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.