Summary
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted Paulo Jorge Da Costa Casqueiro Murta’s petition for rehearing in a consolidated criminal appeal. The court withdrew its prior panel opinion and substituted the present per curiam opinion without reargument.
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Questions Presented
- Whether the petition for rehearing filed by Paulo Jorge Da Costa Casqueiro Murta should be granted and the prior panel opinion withdrawn and replaced.
Key quotations
“IT IS ORDERED that the petition for rehearing filed by Paulo Jorge Da Costa Casqueiro Murta is GRANTED. Accordingly, our prior panel opinion is WITHDRAWN, and this opinion is SUBSTITUTED therefor.”
Factual background
The opinion contains no substantive factual background concerning the underlying criminal prosecutions. It addresses only the procedural disposition of a petition for panel rehearing.
Procedural history
The United States appealed from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in two consolidated criminal matters. On petition for rehearing filed by Paulo Jorge Da Costa Casqueiro Murta, the Fifth Circuit granted rehearing, withdrew its prior panel opinion, and substituted this opinion without reargument.