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Case: 20-50112 Document: 00516162244 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/11/2022 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED January 11, 2022 No. 2

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge: Houston police officer Noe Juarez was charged and convicted of two counts related to his participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy. On appeal, he contends the district court erred by (1) admitting extrin *626 sic evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), (2

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 15-10430 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 4:14-cr-01069- JAS-BGM-1 ROGELIO SANCHEZ MOLINAR, Defendant-Appellant. ORDER AND AMENDED

Dissent by Judge W. Fletcher ORDER The opinion filed on November 29, 2017, and appearing at 876 F.3d 953,-is hereby amended as follows: On page 960, note 8, the citation “Commonwealth v. Zangari, 42 Mass.App.Ct. 931, 677 N.E.2d 702, 703 (1997) (“[W]here the snatching or sudden taking of property from a victim is sufficient to produce awareness, there is sufficient evidence of

668 F.3d 219 (2012) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sylvia DELGADO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 10-50726. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. January 19, 2012. *222 Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty. Kimberly Marie Johnson, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee. K

660 F.3d 231 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Gonzalo RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 10-41188. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. October 7, 2011. *232 John Richard Berry, Renata Ann Gowie, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Marjorie A. Mey

PER CURIAM: * Luis Gerardo Velasquez-Carbajal appeals the 52-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction to one count of illegal reentry following a previous deportation. He argues that his sentence, which is within the advisory guidelines range, is unreasonable. In the district court, Velasquez-Carbajal argued in favor of a more lenient sentence for several re

Chief Judge KOZINSKI, with whom Judges REINHARDT and W. FLETCHER join, dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc: This is a train wreck in the making. The panel cleaves a formerly uniform doctrine — the Taylor categorical approach — into two branches. One approach for most things; a separate, incompatible version for a single clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act. This appr

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit Nos. 09-1285, 09-1287, 09-1299 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. RAFAEL FERNÁNDEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, JULIO ROSARIO-OTERO, and ÁNGEL GONZÁLEZ-MÉNDEZ, Defendants-Appellants. APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-30274 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-05-60072-ALA CASEY DALE MAYER, ORDER AND Defendant-Appellant.  OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon

LEVAL, Circuit Judge. Defendants Angel González-Méndez (“González”), Rafael Fernández-Hernández (“Fernández”), and Julio Rosario-Otero (“Rosario”) (collectively, “Defendants”) appeal from their convictions after jury trial. Defendants were convicted of various conspiracy and drug charges arising out of their involvement with a large drug distribution organization, which operated under the name “Los Dementes” and was based in

652 F.3d 56 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rafael FERNÁNDEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, Julio Rosario-Otero, and Ángel González-Méndez, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 09-1285, 09-1287, 09-1299. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard November 1, 2010. Decided June 30, 2011. *60 Anita Hill Adames, for appe

Opinion by Judge TIMLIN; Concurrence by Judge RAWLINSON. OPINION TIMLIN, District Judge: Defendant Urbano Castillo-Marin (“Castillo-Marin”) appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. In particular, Castillo-Marin challenges the district court’s application of U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (U.

REVISED JUNE 24, 2009 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED June 2, 2009 No. 08-20557

569 F.3d 541 (2009) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pablo VELEZ-ALDERETE, also known as Pablo E. Velez, also known as Pablo Alderrette Velez, also known as Pablo Velez Alderete, also known as Pablo Alderetti Velez, Defendant-Appellant. No. 08-20557. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. June 2, 2009. *542

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge. Appellants Lorenzo Muñoz-Franco, Francisco Sánchez-Arán, Ariel Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, and Wilfredo Umpierre-Her-nández appeal their convictions for bank fraud, conspiracy, and misapplication of bank funds, stemming from conduct that persisted for nearly a decade. Muñoz-Franco and Sánchez-Arán appeal their convictions for bank fraud and conspiracy for a similar

MEMORANDUM * Aquileo Melchor-Zaragoza (“Melchor”) challenges his conviction and sentence. Melchor contends that the district court (1) violated Batson by permitting the prosecutor to exercise a peremptory challenge on the basis of race; (2) denied him a fair trial by admitting prejudicial prior bad acts into evidence; (3) gave the jury improper and misleading Pinkerton instructions; (4) e

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT __________________ No. 94-60338 __________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MATEO ALVAREZ, Defendant-Appellant. * * * * * * __________________ No. 94-60339

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge: In this consolidated appeal, defendants-appellants Mateo Alvarez (Alvarez), Julian Torres (Julian), and Jose Luis Torres (Jose) (Defendants) complain of the sentences imposed under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) following their convictions on pleas of guilty to charges of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute marihuana.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT __________________ No. 94-60338 __________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MATEO ALVAREZ, Defendant-Appellant. * * * * * * __________________ No. 94-60339