U.S. v. HEARN

Nos. 06-5854, 06-5855.

500 F.3d 479 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chad Michael HEARN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Daniel J. Taylor, Spragins, Barnett & Cobb, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellant. Kevin G. Ritz, Assistant United States Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Daniel J. Taylor, Spragins, Barnett & Cobb, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellant. Kevin G. Ritz, Assistant United States Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; CLAY and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Can the government, for the purpose of establishing the heart of the government's case, repeatedly solicit testimony regarding confidential informants' statements to the effect that a defendant had the intent to distribute illegal drugs, when the defendant does not have an opportunity to cross-examine the informants and when the government is on notice of a potential Sixth Amendment problem? That question is central to Chad...

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