IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-10650
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
HORACE A. CARAKER,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
(3:95-CR-317-R)
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March 19, 1997
Before Wisdom, King, and Smith, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Horace A. Caraker appeals his conviction for threatening to
take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon the President of the
United States. Caraker argues that the evidence was insufficient
to support his conviction and that the district court erred in
refusing to grant a sentence reduction for acceptance of
responsibility. After careful review of the record, we find that
the trial evidence is sufficient to support Caraker’s
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Pursuant to Local Rule 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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 Local Rule
47.5.4.
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conviction.2 Also, the district court did not clearly err by
refusing to grant Caraker a sentence reduction for acceptance of
responsibility.3
AFFIRMED.
2
See United States v. Barton, 992 F.2d 66, 68 (5th
Cir. 1993); see also United States v. Howell, 719 F.2d 1258, 1260
(5th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1228 (1984).
3
See United States v. Payne, 99 F.3d 1273, 1281 (5th
Cir. 1996).