U.S. v. MORIN

No. 09-40702.

627 F.3d 985 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Santos MORIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Jane Harmon , Eileen K. Wilson (argued), and Julia Bowen Stern , James Lee Turner , Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Fed. Pub. Def., Sarah Beth Landau and Margaret Christina Ling (argued) , Asst. Fed. Pub. Defenders, Houston, TX, for Morin.

Before DAVIS, WIENER, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Jose Santos Morin appeals his conviction for possession with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marihuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A) and conspiracy to commit that same offense in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A). Morin challenges the testimony of government witnesses as being impermissible "drug courier profiling" testimony. He also challenges a question...

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