United States Tenth Circuit

A conviction for drug-trafficking and firearms offenses is affirmed over: 1) a Batson challenge; 2) a claim of error regarding admission of a post-arrest statement attributed to defendant; and 3) a claim that the district court erred by not conducting an evidentiary hearing under Franks to evaluate the validity of a search warrant for his apartment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/20/2006
• Published 06/20/2006

Judges

• ARMIJO, District Judge., Before McCONNELL and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges, and ARMIJO, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Leon Patton, Assistant United States Attorney (Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Kansas City, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Charles D. Dedmon, First Assistant Federal Public Defender (David J. Phillips, Federal Public Defender, with him on the brief), Kansas City, KS, for Defendant-Appellant.