USA v. Peeples

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA '
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versus ' NO. 1:25-CR-51
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MARIO PEEPLES '
ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDATION
ON DEFENDANT’S GUILTY PLEA
The court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States
Magistrate Judge, for administration of a guilty plea under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure. Judge Hawthorn conducted a hearing in the form and manner prescribed
by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 and issued his Findings of Fact and
Recommendation on Guilty Plea Before the United States Magistrate Judge. The magistrate
judge recommended that the court accept the Defendant’s guilty plea. He further
recommended that the court adjudge the Defendant guilty on Count One and Four of the
Indictment filed against the Defendant.
The parties have not objected to the magistrate judge’s findings. The court ORDERS
that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty Plea of the United States Magistrate
Judge are ADOPTED. The court accepts the Defendant’s plea but defers acceptance of the
plea agreement until after review of the presentence report.
It is further ORDERED that, in accordance with the Defendant’s guilty plea and the
magistrate judge’s findings and recommendation, the Defendant, Mario Peeples, is adjudged
guilty as to Count One (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited
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Person)) and Count Four (18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug
Trafficking Crime)) of the Indictment.
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MARCIA A. CRONE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SIGNED at Beaumont, Texas, this 9th day of February, 2026.
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