United States Fifth Circuit

Defendants' convictions for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the sufficiency of the evidence; 2) whether some defendants' Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights were violated by admission of the post-arrest statements given by two codefendants, even though a limiting instruction was given to the jury; and 3) whether the district court erred in responding to a jury note during deliberations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2008
• Published 04/10/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before KING, STEWART and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), San Antonio, TX, for U.S., Alfred Van Sumpter, Law Office of Alfred V. Sumpter, Del Rio, TX, for Ramos-Cardenas., Jennifer Sue Nisbet, San Antonio, TX, for Aguirre-Melecio., Blas H. Delgado, Law Offices of Blas H. Delgado, Helotes, TX, for Lopez-Quezada., Richard O. Gonzales, Uvalde, TX, for Arguelles-Aguirre., Roberto L. Rodriguez, Law Offices of Roberto L. Rodriguez, Eagle Pass, TX, for Francisco Melecio-Arguelles., Alberto M. Ramon, Law Offices of Alberto M. Ramon, Eagle Pass, TX, for Obregon-Lopez., M. Dinorah Diaz, Law Offices of M. Dinora Diaz, San Antonio, TX, for Jose Melecio-Arguelles., Javier F. Riojas (argued), Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Eagle Pass, TX, for Hurtado-Garcia., Jason M. Davis (argued), Thompson & Knight, Austin, TX, for Gabriel Melecio-Arguelles., Alfred Van Sumpter, Law Office of Alfred V. Sumpter, Del Rio, TX, for Ramos-Cardenas., Leon Schydlower, El Paso, TX, for Suarez-De La Rosa.