United States v. Danny Turner

On Remand from The Supreme Court of the United States

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Danny Turner was charged with three counts of distributing cocaine base premised on multiple sales of crack cocaine he made to an undercover police officer. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); DePierre v. United States, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 2225, 2237, 180 L.Ed.2d 114 (2011). Amanda Hanson, the crime laboratory chemist who analyzed the substances that Turner distributed to the officer and confirmed that they contained cocaine base, was on maternity leave at the time of Turner’s trial. Over Turner’s objection,…