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U.S. v. LANDERMAN

Nos. 94-10028, 94-10403.

109 F.3d 1053 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allen LANDERMAN, David Dewayne Hanks, a/k/a Ed Banks and Randall Boyd Zeigler, a/k/a/ Bo Zeigler, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rodney Lee HOLLOMAN, a/k/a/ Rod Weatherly and Walter Humbert Cushman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Teakell, Fort Worth, TX, John Preston Bradford, Christopher Allen Curtis, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Dallas, TX, for U.S.

Jack M. Pepper, Plano, TX, for Allen Landerman, Defendant-Appellant.

James Warren St. John, Ft. Worth, TX, for David Dewayne Hanks a/k/a Ed Banks, Defendant-Appellant.

Paul Gregory Croushore, Columbus, OH, for Randall Boyd Ziegler a/k/a Bo Ziegler, Defendant-Appellant.

Before BENAVIDES, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This direct criminal appeal involves, among other things, a challenge to the district court's refusal to allow a prosecution witness to be cross examined regarding his alleged bias. Finding that the limitation of cross examination resulted in a violation of the Confrontation Clause and that such error was not harmless, we vacate and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

The evidence at trial demonstrated that from 1989 to 1992 several companies...

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