United States v. Lee, No. 19-40435 (5th Cir. 2020)
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The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions and sentences for charges related to their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendants' convictions; venue in the Eastern District was proper; defendants have not offered any evidence to get past the presumption of jury impartiality; any error the district court committed by admitting the government's experts' testimony was harmless; and any error in giving the deliberate ignorance jury instruction was harmless.
The court also held that the district court did not clearly err in calculating the drug quantity involved in the conspiracy; defendants' base offense level of 36 was appropriate under either Guidelines Manual; and the district court did not clearly err in finding that the firearm enhancement applied.
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