United States v. Huerra, No. 16-11783 (5th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for distributing methamphetamine, using firearms to further a drug-trafficking crime, and possessing firearms as a convicted felon. The court held that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applied in this case and the district court correctly denied defendant's motion to suppress; even if the good-faith exception did not apply, the affidavit gave the Texas district court a substantial basis for concluding that there was probable cause to search defendant's home; defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a fair and impartial jury was not violated where the district court refused to dismiss the panel of potential jurors after one of them revealed that he was defendant's parole officer; and the district judge did not commit reversible error in concluding that defendant was a career offender within the meaning of the Guidelines.
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