Legal Opinion
United States v. Clifford Baptiste, Christopher Frank, Leshawn Parker, Garion McCoy Brian Anthony Jones, Percy Franklin and Rico Schexnayder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2001No. 99-31027PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Clifford Baptiste, Christopher Frank, Percy Franklin, Brian Jones, LeShawn Parker, Garion McCoy, and Rico Schexnayder challenge their convictions for firearm and drug-related crimes. We affirm their convictions, but, applying this circuit’s interpretation of Apprendi v. New Jersey, reverse their sentences and remand for resentencing.1
I. FACTS
Following a rash of shootings and drug arrests in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans between 1991 and 1998, a federal grand jury charged the appellants in an eighteen-count superseding indictment2 with conspiracy to…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. MechanikSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. DoggettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Marion Promise, A/K/A Mario,defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. SolisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Florita Bell Griffin, Terrence Bernard Roberts, Joe Lee WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. CarbajalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Portillo-QuezadaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- United States v. Kenneth WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
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