USA v. John L. Yates

[PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 11-16093
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D. C. Docket No. 2:10-cr-00066-JES-SPC-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JOHN L. YATES,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(June 10, 2015)
ON REMAND FROM THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
Before JORDAN, DUBINA, and BALDOCK,* Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
* Honorable Bobby R. Baldock, United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, sitting
by designation.
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In light of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Yates v. United States, 135 S.
Ct. 1074 (2015), we vacate John Yates’s convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 1519 and
affirm Mr. Yates’s conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2232. We reinstate all but Part
IV.B of our prior opinion, reported at 733 F.3d 1059 (11th Cir. 2013), and remand
this case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme
Court’s opinion.
AFFIRMED in part, VACATED and REMANDED, in part.
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