USA v. John L. Yates, No. 11-16093 (11th Cir. 2015)

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Case: 11-16093 Date Filed: 06/10/2015 Page: 1 of 2 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _____________ No. 11-16093 _____________ D. C. Docket No. 2:10-cr-00066-JES-SPC-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOHN L. YATES, Defendant-Appellant. ______________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ______________ (June 10, 2015) ON REMAND FROM THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT Before JORDAN, DUBINA, and BALDOCK, * Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Honorable Bobby R. Baldock, United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. Case: 11-16093 Date Filed: 06/10/2015 Page: 2 of 2 In light of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Yates v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1074 (2015), we vacate John Yates’s convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 1519 and affirm Mr. Yates’s conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2232. We reinstate all but Part IV.B of our prior opinion, reported at 733 F.3d 1059 (11th Cir. 2013), and remand this case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion. AFFIRMED in part, VACATED and REMANDED, in part. 2

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