Legal Opinion
United States v. Shugart
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1997No. 96-40508PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Ricky Joe Shugart, challenges his conviction and sentence for manufacturing methcathinone in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and possessing ephedrine with the intent to manufacture methcathi-none in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1). We conclude that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule defeats Shugart’s arguments that evidence of methcathinone production secured pursuant to search warrants was erroneously admitted into evidence. We also hold that evidence found on Shugart’s person when he was arrested was properly admitted into…
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