UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v. No. 23-2076

LUIS GUTIERREZ,

Defendant - Appellant. _________________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (D.C. No. 1:20-CR-01570-JCH-1) _________________________________ Margaret Ann Katze, Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Violet N. D. Edelman, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellant. Tiffany L. Walters, Assistant United States Attorney (Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney, with her on the brief), District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiff-Appellee. _________________________________ Before TYMKOVICH, BALDOCK, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges. _________________________________ TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge. _________________________________

The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees “the accused . . . the r