Legal Opinion
United States v. Melvin Towns, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 1, 2013No. 11-50948PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Melvin Towns (“Towns”) challenges his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess and distribute pseu-doephedrine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. He argues primarily that some of the evidence against him — pseudoephed-rine purchase logs — was introduced in violation of the business records exception to the hearsay rule and the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause. Because the purchase transaction logs conform to Federal Rule of Evidence (FRE) 803(6), and because the Supreme Court’s decision in Melendez-Diaz…
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