June 13th, 2018

US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions
United States v. Evans

Dockets: 17-20158, 17-20159
Opinion Date: June 12, 2018
Judge: Carolyn Dineen King
Areas of Law: Criminal Law

The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for charges stemming from his operation of a pill mill. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to convict defendant of distributing controlled substances, money laundering, and mail fraud; there was no plain error, whether by lack of evidence or defects in the indictment, with respect to any of defendant's convictions; the court rejected defendant's evidentiary challenges; and assuming without deciding that defendant's rights were violated under the Confrontation Clause, any error was harmless.

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