United States Fifth Circuit

Convictions of aggravated sexual abuse on an Indian reservation are affirmed. Allowing the sister of a deaf and mute victim to interpret his testimony was not error; allowing the introduction of portions of one defendant's statement at the other defendant's trial violated the Confrontation Clause, but the error was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2004
• Published 04/20/2004

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth Harold Coghlan (argued), Rayburn Law Firm, Oxford, MS, for Bell., John James Fraiser, III (argued), Choctaw Legal Defense, Choctaw, MS, for Cotton.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul David Roberts, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.