United States v. Nava, No. 17-51077 (5th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's two concurrent 480-month sentences for drug-trafficking offenses. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in finding that the methamphetamine seized in Gulfport was relevant conduct to his cocaine trafficking convictions; because defendant's 480-month sentence falls within the statutory maximum term, the district court's factfinding by a preponderance of the evidence did not run afoul of the Fifth Amendment; and, even if the district court committed plain error in imposing an offense-level adjustment for abusing a position of trust, defendant could not prove that any error affected his substantial rights.
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