UNITED STATES v. BUTLER

No. 23-60594.

122 F.4th 584 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Betty BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 9, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer L. Case, Matthew Wade Allen, Esq., Erin O'Leary Chalk, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ahmad R. Smith, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Elrod, Chief Judge, and Higginbotham and Southwick, Circuit Judges.


Appellant Betty Butler pleaded guilty to a single-count superseding indictment that charged her with unlawfully possessing a gun after being convicted of a felony, stemming from the execution of a DEA search warrant at her home. At sentencing, and under our then-existing precedent, the district court conducted...

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