U.S. v. DOUCETTE

No. 91-4994.

979 F.2d 1042 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Thomas DOUCETTE, III, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Roebuck, Jr., Bush, Lewis, Ramsey & Roebuck, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Melissa Baldo, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bob Wortham, U.S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Robert Rawls, Asst. U.S. Atty., Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


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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