United States v. McKeeve

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant David S. McKeeve assembles a litany of alleged errors in protest of his conviction and sentence. His flagship claim requires us to investigate the circumstances under which the Confrontation Clause allows a prosecution witness to testify by foreign deposition over the defendant’s objection. After carefully considering this issue (a matter of first impression in. this circuit) and assaying the appellant’s other points, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Mindful of the appellant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we limn the facts in the light’ most…