U.S. v. JUAREZ-ORTEGA

No. 88-2547 Summary Calendar.

866 F.2d 747 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Esau JUAREZ-ORTEGA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Barroso, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Paula Offenhauser, Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Robert A. Berg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The defendant, convicted of two counts of distribution of cocaine, challenges the district court's consideration during sentencing of his possession of a handgun, on the grounds that the jury acquitted him of a substantive count of carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. Finding that the district court could properly consider all the evidence during sentencing, we affirm.

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