United States v. Saul Ramirez-Castillo

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge THACKER wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge WYNN joined.

THACKER, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we review the propriety of a prison sentence imposed subsequent to a jury trial in which the jury made two specific factual findings but never returned a guilty verdict. Saul Ramirez-Castillo (“Appellant”) challenges his conviction and sentence for possession of a prohibited object by a federal inmate. On December 14, 2011, Appellant was charged in a single-count indictment with “knowingly possessing] prohibited objects, that is, two…