United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction and defendants' sentences for conspiracy, drug possession, and weapons offenses are affirmed over claims that the district court erred by: 1) admitting testimonial hearsay; 2) excluding the conviction records of a critical state witness; 3) refusing to ask requested voir dire questions of the jury; 4) using a conviction in this case as a prior conviction for purposes of sentence enhancement; and 5) imposing an unreasonable sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2008
• Published 01/18/2008

Judges

• OWEN, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, DeMOSS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Renee Harris Toliver (argued), Nancy E. Larson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bret E. Helmer, Fort Worth, TX, Kathleen A. Felton, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, DC, for U.S., Donel Lee Davidson (argued), Bedford, TX, for Harper.