Legal Opinion
United States v. Claiborne
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 2012No. 10-51189PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
This case deals with the district court’s application of the obstruction of justice enhancement and non-application of the minor role reduction to Defendant-Appellant Troy Claiborne’s sentence for aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. We AFFIRM.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On July 22, 2010, an Odessa Police Department narcotics detective received information from a confidential informant (“Cl”) that a black male, known as “Twin,” would be selling two ounces of crack to the Cl in the H.E.B. parking lot in Odessa, Texas that night. According to the…
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