Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Eleke DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-25
Citations: 126 F. App'x 206
Docket Number: No. 04-60527
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Eleke DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 126
Pages: 206–207

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Eleke DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-60527.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided April 25, 2005.
Charles Wiley Spillers, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Oxford, MS, Plaintiff-Appellee.
Robert Steven Mink, Holcomb Dunbar, Oxford, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Eleke Davis appeals his conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. We affirm.
We hold that the district court did not erroneously determine that the confidential informant's tip, which had been corroborated by the officers' observations, was sufficient to establish probable cause to search Davis's vehicle. See United States v. Morales, 171 F.3d 978, 981-82 (5th Cir. 1999). We further hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to disclose the informant's identity. See United States v. Mendoza-Burciaga, 981 F.2d 192, 195 (5th Cir.1992).
Davis failed to renew his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of evidence; therefore, we review his sufficiency of the evidence argument only for a determination whether the record is devoid of evidence pointing to his guilt and hold that circumstantial evidence other than Davis's mere presence in the vehicle supported the jury's finding that he knowingly possessed the crack seized from the dashboard compartment. See United States v. Herrera, 313 F.3d 882, 885 (5th Cir.2002) (en banc); United States v. Jones, 185 F.3d 459, 464 (5th Cir.1999). Davis has failed to show an abuse of discretion on the part of the district court in allowing Agent Jeff Killion's phone call testimony into evidence. See United States v. Lewis, 902 F.2d 1176, 1179 & n. 2 (5th Cir.1990).
Finally, Davis contends that the Mississippi statutory scheme under which he was convicted as an adult for crimes committed when he was a juvenile is unconstitutional and, therefore, that his designation as a "career offender" under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 was erroneous. The district court, however, in its discretion chose not to inquire into the validity of those prior convictions on that basis, and Davis has not shown the district court's decision to be an abuse of its discretion. See United States v. Canales, 960 F.2d 1311, 1315 (5th Cir.1992).
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.