071439P.pdf   08/04/2008  United States  v.  Steve Wright, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-1439
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Murphy, Circuit Judge, and
   Jarvey, District Judge]
   Criminal case - criminal law. Extent and nature of voir dire inquiry
   into a possible prejudice is left to the discretion of the trial judge, 
   and the district court did not abuse its discretion in limiting the number 
   of questions posed or in determining the procedures for questioning the voir
   dire panel about possible prejudices against gang members; statements
   the government introduced were not testimonial, and their admission did
   not violate defendant's confrontation clause rights as construed in
   Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004); evidence was sufficient to
   support defendant's conviction for murdering a man to prevent him from
   communicating with law enforcement regarding possible federal offenses.