United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's firearm possession conviction is reversed where: 1) the district court's refusal to provide defendant access to a confidential informant's medical records contravened due process; and 2) the court's limitations on cross-examination of the informant violated the Sixth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/20/2009
• Published 10/20/2009

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO, EBEL, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald E. Wurtz, Assistant Federal Public Defender (David J. Phillips, Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Topeka, KS, for Defendant-Appellant., James A. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney (Marietta Parker, Acting United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.