UNITED STATES v. JEFFERSON

No. 22-30690.

89 F.4th 494 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Palma JEFFERSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart M. Theriot (argued), Kevin G. Boitmann , Melissa Elise Bucher , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Diane Hollenshead Copes, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kyle Daly , U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James Roy Washington, III (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Higginbotham, Smith, and Elrod, Circuit Judges.


Palma L. Jefferson, Jr. appeals the denial of numerous suppression motions related to his conviction for various drug trafficking charges, as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm. He further appeals the calculation of the relevant drug quantities and the application of the dangerous weapon enhancement...

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