UNITED STATES v. CHOULAT

No. 22-50056.

75 F.4th 489 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael James CHOULAT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Mark Randolph Stelmach, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, Charles E. Fowler, Jr. , U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Shane O'Neal , O'Neal Law, Alpine, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Higginbotham, Smith, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.


Michael Choulat pleaded guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm and received a sentencing enhancement for possessing a gun "in connection with" drug trafficking. He raises two challenges to his sentence. Because the district court correctly applied the Sentencing Guidelines and did not clearly err in its...

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