The following published opinion was released by the U.S. Court of Appeals by the Fifth Circuit on August 29, 2008:
- U.S. v. Salazar (Higginbotham, Davis, Barksdale, JJ.; opinion by Barksdale, J.) (appeal from E.D. Tex.). Affirming conviction and sentence for witness tampering offense. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction against the defendant’s sufficiency challenge, holding that there was no miscarriage of justice; and that the district court did not err in applying 18 U.S.C. § 1512(j) in sentencing the defendant.