Legal Opinion
United States v. Becker
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 31, 2000No. 98-3361PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
Appealing from both his conviction after trial and his sentence for various drug and firearms charges, defendant-appellant Lesley Lee Becker asserts as grounds for relief several evidentiary errors, insufficient evidence to support his methamphetamine-related convictions, and error in his sentencing. The principal assertions require us to further analyze two developing areas of law: the protection afforded by the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause against the admission of out-of-court statements of a non-testifying confidential informant offered to show why police…
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