Legal Opinion
United States v. Lucas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1998No. 97-60577PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals the district court’s application of the sentencing guidelines. Finding error, we reverse and remand for resentencing.
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Walter Lucas was Acting Warden of River County Jail in River County, Mississippi. Eunice Alfred, a pretrial detainee, was working in Lucas’s office when Lucas, without warning, reached into her sweat pants and placed his fingers into her vagina. Alfred, who was standing .near an open door, ran from the room.
A few weeks later, Lucas asked a male prisoner to act as a lookout so that he could take care of some “business” in the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Braxton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. CastilloCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Joe Clinton SeglerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Gerardo Reyes-CastroCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Dale Thomas JohnsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by33 opinions
- United States v. MorrowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. MacEo Simmons, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- United States v. Melvin Ellis HollyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
- United States v. William R. CrowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Reyes PenaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
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