UNITED STATES v. SNYDER

No. 85-1736.

787 F.2d 1429 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earl Paul SNYDER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt J. Shernuk, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dist. of Kansas, Topeka, Kan. (Benjamin L. Burgess, Jr., U.S. Atty., Dist. of Kansas, Topeka, Kan., with him on briefs), for plaintiff-appellee.

David J. Phillips, Asst. Public Defender, Dist. of Kansas, Kansas City, Kan. (Charles D. Anderson, Federal Public Defender, Dist. of Kansas, Kansas City, Kan., with him on briefs), for defendant-appellant.

Before BARRETT, LOGAN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Earl Paul Snyder, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, was convicted of conveying a weapon (a homemade knife) within the prison, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1792 (1982). On appeal, he seeks a reversal of that conviction on two grounds: ineffective assistance of counsel; and, refusal by the trial judge to admit into evidence written statements taken from inmate bystanders, under the business...

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