Legal Opinion
United States v. James Thomas Doucette, III
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1992No. 91-4994PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
James Thomas Doucette, III, appeals his conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He argues that the government failed to comply with Fed.R.Crim.P. 16, that his allegedly involuntary confessions were erroneously admitted, and that the district court made an improper upward departure in sentencing him to twenty-five years imprisonment. We reject these contentions and affirm.
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On June 13, 1990, defendant James Thomas Doucette and Robert Wilkey robbed the home of a Victoria, Texas family. Doucette and Wilkey, who carried a .38…
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