United States v. Charles Fulton, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:
The petition for rehearing is DENIED. The court's prior opinion is withdrawn, and this opinion is substituted.
A jury convicted Charles Fulton, Sr. on four counts of sex trafficking and one count of conspiracy. The most significant issue concerns a long-delayed search of his cellphone. Fulton also makes arguments drawn from the Confrontation and Grand Jury clauses of the Constitution, and he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. We AFFIRM.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In October 2014, a Galveston juvenile probation officer learned from the father of…
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