United States v. Harper

OWEN, Circuit Judge:

We granted rehearing and withdrew our prior opinion, which had been issued January 17, 2008. We substitute the following opinion.

Ronald Gene Harper and Jimmie Clyde Collins were tried jointly and convicted by a jury of conspiracy, controlled substance offenses, and weapons offenses. Neither testified at trial. In this direct criminal appeal, Harper appeals his conviction and sentence, claiming that the district court (1) violated Harper’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation by admitting part of Collins’s confession, (2) erred in excluding the conviction records of a…