United States Second Circuit

Conviction of racketeering, conspiracy, murder, and firearm related crimes is affirmed over principal claim that the district court violated defendant's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights by admitting autopsy reports, where he had no opportunity to cross-examine the medical examiners who prepared the reports, as such rports are not testimonial under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2006
• Published 10/25/2006

Judges

• HALL, Circuit Judge:, Before: WESLEY, HALL, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard D. Willstatter, Green & Willstatter, White Plains, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., Helen V. Cantwell, Assistant United States Attorney (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), New York, NY, for Appellee.