United States Tenth Circuit

US v. Montelongo, 04-2215, 04-2241

Defendants' drug convictions are reversed where the district court's exclusion of cross-examination violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/25/2005
• Published 08/25/2005

Judges

• TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, EBEL, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mario A. Esparaza, Las Cruces, NM, for Appellant Montelongo., Thomas L. Wright, El Paso, TX, for Appellant McCalvin.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kyle T. Nayback, Assistant United States Attorney (David C. Iglesias, United States Attorney, and Laura Fashing, Assistant United States Attorney, on the briefs), for Appellee.