U.S. v. SHUGART

No. 96-40508.

117 F.3d 838 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricky J. SHUGART, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Lynn Fluke, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Sherman, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James W. Volberding, Tyler, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Ricky Joe Shugart, challenges his conviction and sentence for manufacturing methcathinone in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and possessing ephedrine with the intent to manufacture methcathinone in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1). We conclude that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule defeats Shugart's arguments that evidence of methcathinone production secured pursuant to search warrants was erroneously...

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