Opinion ID: 799787
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Eric Conn’s Testimony

Text: Eric Conn, Ms. Buckert’s common-law husband, testified as follows: While he, Ms. Buckert, and Mr. Page were in Mr. Page’s pickup truck, Ms. Buckert asked if Mr. Page had any pain medication or narcotics. Mr. Page responded, “you know, sure,” and that they should go “down to Christy’s.” United States v. Page, 317 Fed. Appx. 806, 807 (10th Cir. 2009) (unpublished). Christy is Christy Harlow, Mr. Page’s sister. The three went to a motel where Ms. Harlow was staying. Ms. Harlow was in the motel room with her husband, Warren Harlow, and her friend, Lisa Mondragon. After Mr. Page asked Ms. Harlow where he could get pain medications, she made some calls on her cell phone. Mr. Page then borrowed Ms. Harlow’s phone to make -2- more calls. Mr. Page told Ms. Buckert that the pain medication would cost $60. Ms. Buckert gave Mr. Page $60 in cash. Mr. Conn and Ms. Buckert left the motel but returned shortly thereafter. Mr. Conn saw a folded, square paper or package on the bed. Ms. Buckert picked up the package and put it in her purse. Then Mr. Conn, Ms. Buckert, and Mr. Page left in Mr. Page’s truck. While in the truck, Mr. Page told Ms. Buckert that when she took the patch out of its packaging, she could heat it with a hair dryer to make it release the drugs faster. The next day, Mr. Conn kept a close eye on Ms. Buckert because she had recently been sick and in the hospital. At one point, a friend of Ms. Buckert’s stopped by Mr. Conn’s residence and noticed that Ms. Buckert was sweating. The friend and Mr. Conn took the blankets off Ms. Buckert and removed her shirt. They noticed the patch on her skin under her left breast.2