United States v. Faulk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 02-20170 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RICKY LAMAR FAULK, Defendant-Appellant. -------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. H-00-CR-871-2 -------------------- October 17, 2002 Before BARKSDALE, DeMOSS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Ricky Lamar Faulk appeals the sentence he received after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and to obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503(a)(b)(3) and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and 846. Faulk’s argument that the district court erred when it attributed 1.4 grams of methamphetamine to him without a finding of facts on the record given that no drug amount was set forth in the * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. 02-20170 -2- indictment fails because his sentence was within the statutory maximum. United States v. Clinton, 256 F.3d 311, 314 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 122 S. Ct. 492 (2001). Likewise, Faulk’s argument that the district court did not comply with FED. R. CRIM. P. 32 because it did not make fact findings on the quantity of drugs attributable to Faulk fails because the district court expressly adopted the Presentence Report which clearly set forth the basis for the amount of drugs attributable to Faulk. United States v. Duncan, 191 F.3d 575-76 (5th Cir. 1999). Faulk’s motion to adopt the brief of his codefendant, Steve Keel, is DENIED. The sentence imposed by the district court is AFFIRMED.