UNITED STATES v. CHIASSON

No. 23-30053.

90 F.4th 832 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Taylor CHIASSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED January 12, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Forrest Phillips (argued), Camille Ann Domingue , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Cristie Gautreaux Gibbens , Assistant Federal Public Defender (argued), Dustin Charles Talbot , Federal Public Defender's Office, Middle & Western Districts of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Haynes and Duncan, Circuit Judges.


Taylor Chiasson appeals an above-guidelines sentence the district court imposed based on Chiasson's extensive criminal history. He argues the court erred by considering testimony by two non-victim witnesses and by relying on "bare arrests" in Chiasson's record. We AFFIRM.

I.

In March 2021, Chiasson...

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