U.S. v. PRYOR

No. 05-20307.

483 F.3d 309 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Russell Ray PRYOR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathlyn Giannaula Snyder and James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ralph Edward Imperato (argued), Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard Edward Banks (argued), Lockhart, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before REAVLEY, DeMOSS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Russell Ray Pryor challenges his drug convictions, arguing that he was deprived of his right to a fair trial because he was tried wearing jail garb — a green jumpsuit — and was deprived of his Sixth Amendment confrontation right when two witnesses repeated a hearsay accusation that Pryor was a drug dealer. We AFFIRM.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 2, 2004, police officers responded...

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