Filed: Feb. 04, 2002
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 01-50542 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JAMES DEAN MILLER, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. W-00-CR-126-ALL - February 1, 2002 Before JONES, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* James Dean Miller appeals his conviction for manufacturing methamphetamine. He argues that in denying his motion to suppr
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 01-50542 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JAMES DEAN MILLER, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. W-00-CR-126-ALL - February 1, 2002 Before JONES, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* James Dean Miller appeals his conviction for manufacturing methamphetamine. He argues that in denying his motion to suppre..
More
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-50542
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JAMES DEAN MILLER,
Defendant-Appellant.
--------------------
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. W-00-CR-126-ALL
--------------------
February 1, 2002
Before JONES, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
James Dean Miller appeals his conviction for
manufacturing methamphetamine. He argues that in denying his
motion to suppress, the district court erroneously determined that
consent to search had been given by his sister, the owner of the
premises. Miller’s argument is misguided, however, because the
district court did not deny the motion to suppress based on the
consent-exception, but rather on the exigent circumstances
presented by the methamphetamine lab. Because Miller makes no
challenge to the district court’s determination that exigent
circumstances justified the search, any such challenge is deemed
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
No. 01-50542
-2-
waived. See United States v. Fagan,
821 F.2d 1002, 1015 n.10 (5th
Cir. 1987).
Miller also argues that the evidence was insufficient to
support his conviction. He argues that given the testimony
regarding the time he was arrested and the amount of time that the
methamphetamine was cooking, it was apparent that someone other
than he had been manufacturing the methamphetamine. Because
Miller failed to renew his motion for a judgment of acquittal at
the close of all the evidence, we review his argument for plain
error. See United States v. Pierre,
958 F.2d 1304, 1310 (5th Cir.
1992)(en banc). Accordingly, review of the sufficiency of the
evidence is limited to the determination of "whether there was a
manifest miscarriage of justice." United States v. Laury,
49 F.3d
145, 151 (5th Cir. 1995)(citation omitted).
Miller’s argument is based on a mischaracterization of
the narcotics agent’s testimony. Moreover, it ignores the fact
that his common-law wife testified that he asked her to return to
the house to turn off the "cook." The judgment of the district
court is AFFIRMED.