United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction for importing and possessing cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) a denial of the introduction of a full transcript of defendant's interview with ICE agents under Fed. R. Evid. 106; and 2) even if Rule 106 did not allow the admission of the transcript, the common law rule of completeness did.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/05/2008
• Published 06/05/2008

Judges

• OWEN, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, BENAVIDES and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Jason Dale Schall, San Antonio, TX, for U.S., M. Carolyn Fuentes, Henry Joseph Bemporad, Fed. Pub. Def., San Antonio, TX, for Garcia.