UNITED STATES v. CASTELO-PALMA

No. 21-50524.

30 F.4th 284 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Felipe CASTELO-PALMA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed April 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Mara Asya Blatt, Esq. , Richard Louis Durbin, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kristin L. Davidson , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Maureen Scott Franco , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Dennis, Southwick, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


On the night of September 2, 2020, a Presidio County, Texas, sheriff's deputy pulled over a 2003 Ford Explorer because its license plate light was out. The deputy identified the driver as Felipe Castelo-Palma. Brayan Gonzales-Rivera, who would be charged as Castelo-Palma's codefendant, was in the passenger seat. After...

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