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U.S. v. MEDINA-COPETE

Nos. 13-2026, 13-2035.

757 F.3d 1092 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maria Vianey MEDINA-COPETE and Rafael Goxcon-Chagal, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 2, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Nault , ( Amy Sirignano on the briefs) Law Office of Amy Sirignano, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant Maria Vianey Medina-Copete.

Kari Converse , Assistant Federal Public Defender, ( Joseph W. Gandert , Assistant Federal Public Defender, on the briefs) Office of the Federal Public Defender, District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant Rafael Goxcon-Chaga.

David N. Williams , Assistant United States Attorney ( Steven C. Yarbrough , Acting United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Office of the United States Attorney, District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, GORSUCH, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

These appeals, brought to us by Maria Vianey Medina-Copete ("Medina") and Rafael Goxcon-Chagal ("Goxcon") following their convictions on drug trafficking charges, requires us to consider an issue of first impression in our circuit. During the trial, the district court allowed a purported expert on certain religious iconography to testify that veneration of a figure known as "Santa Muerte" was so connected with drug trafficking as to constitute...

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