United States v. Washington
United States v. Washington
Opinion of the Court
Darryan Washington appeals from his final order of criminal forfeiture following
The Supreme Court held in Libretti v. United States, 516 U.S. 29, 49, 116 S.Ct. 356, 133 L.Ed.2d 271 (1995), that “the right to a jury verdict on forfeitability [did] not fall within the Sixth Amendment’s constitutional protection.” Libretti has not been overruled by Blakely or Booker. Libretti therefore controls the constitutional issue “unless and until the Supreme Court itself determines to overrule it.” Cf. United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979, 984 (5th Cir. 2000) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Given that Washington did not have a Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial of the disputed forfeiture issue, the issue whether he orally waived that right is moot.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
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