United States Tenth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and ecstasy is affirmed over claims that: 1) the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain her conviction; and 2) the district court erred by failing to perform its gatekeeping function before admitting expert testimony that defendant had confessed to the crime.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/15/2006
• Published 08/15/2006

Judges

• McKAY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, HOLLOWAY, and McKAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald E. Wurtz, Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas (David J. Phillips, Federal Public Defender, and Kirk C. Redmond, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with him on the brief), Topeka, KS, for Defendant-Appellant., Anthony W. Mattivi, Assistant United States Attorney (Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), District of Kansas, Topeka, KS, for Appellee.