United States v. Johnnie Carpenter

Case: 12-30134 Document: 00512081583 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/12/2012
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
December 12, 2012
No. 12-30134 Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
JOHNNIE RAY CARPENTER,
Defendant - Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
USDC No. 09-CR-00271
Before BARKSDALE, DENNIS, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
After consenting to a jury trial before a magistrate judge, Johnnie Ray
Carpenter was convicted for obstructing a deputy United States marshal, and
other duly authorized persons, in serving or attempting to serve and execute a
legal and judicial writ and process of a court of the United States, in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 1501. He appealed to the district court, which affirmed. United
States v. Carpenter, No. 09-CR-00271, 2012 WL 292480 (W.D. La. 31 Jan. 2012).
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published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.
Case: 12-30134 Document: 00512081583 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/12/2012
No. 12-30134
At the time of the offense, Carpenter was police chief of Winnfield,
Louisiana. He presents three claims: (1) the evidence was not sufficient to
support his conviction for knowingly and willfully obstructing a federal officer
in executing an arrest warrant; (2) Carpenter’s actions in his official capacity as
police chief were justified; and (3) the district court erred in allowing testimonial
evidence of Carpenter’s criminal history. Essentially for the reasons stated in
the district court’s well-reasoned and comprehensive opinion, the judgment is
AFFIRMED.
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