U.S. v. ZUNIGA

No. 14-11304.

858 F.3d 964 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Steve Cuellar ZUNIGA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Baker Falconer , Assistant U.S. Attorney, James Wesley Hendrix , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James Matthew Wright , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Amarillo, TX, Jerry Van Beard, Esq. , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Dallas, TX, Jerry Van Beard, Esq. , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Taylor Wills Edwards Brown , Fort Worth, TX, Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of Texas, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DENNIS, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal, Steve Cuellar Zuniga first challenges the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a warrantless search of his person and the vehicle within which he rode as a passenger. Second, Zuniga objects to his career offender sentence under U.S.S.G § 4B1.2 on the ground...

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