Legal Opinion
United States v. Byron Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 13, 2017No. 16-30525PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Byron Jones (“Byron”), Deloyd Jones (“Deloyd”), and Sidney Patterson appeal their convictions of numerous felonies related to their membership in a group called Ride or Die (“ROD”). They challenge the sufficiency of the evidence and the admission of certain evidence, the refusal to adopt proposed jury instructions, and application of the sentencing guidelines. We affirm, except with respect to Counts 9, 10, 13, and 14, as to which we reverse, and we remand for resentencing.
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The government claimed that ROD, which operated in New Orleans’s Eighth Ward, was a…
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