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. Read Opinion
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