U.S. v. SOSA

No. 17-40460.

897 F.3d 615 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Oscar SOSA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Carol Akins , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Kayla R. Gassmann , H. Michael Sokolow , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before ELROD, COSTA, and HO, Circuit Judges.


Oscar Sosa was convicted of bringing methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. Sosa argues that three errors he did not object to during his five-day trial rendered the proceeding unfair. Two of his claims — the prosecution's use of drug profiling evidence and bolstering...

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