UNITED STATES v. MOYA

No. 20-40393.

18 F.4th 480 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. Armando MOYA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED November 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Richard Hornok , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana, TX, Alan Reeve Jackson , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Miller, James , Miller & Hornsby, L.L.P., for Defendant-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WILLETT, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


Armando Moya appeals his conviction for possessing a gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking conspiracy. He also appeals a forfeiture order attributing to him the entire proceeds of that conspiracy. We affirm Moya's conviction but vacate the forfeiture award. The forfeiture was plainly erroneous under Honeycutt...

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