United States Tenth Circuit
US v. Cesareo-Ayala, 08-3201
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed, where statements made by Defendant's associate and introduced at trial were not offered into evidence for the truth of the matter asserted, so they were not hearsay and did not implicate the Confrontation Clause.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/04/2009
- Published 08/04/2009
Judges
- HARTZ, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, LUCERO, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Rick E. Bailey, Conlee, Schmidt & Emerson, L.L.P., Wichita, KS, for Defendant-Appellant., James A. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, (Marietta Parker, Acting United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.