United States Third Circuit

Conviction for possession of heroin is reversed where statements of two government witnesses that they had "received information" that defendant possessed heroin constituted inadmissible hearsay, and the district court's erroneous admission of those statements was not harmless.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/10/2003
• Decided 08/11/2003
• Published 08/12/2003

Judges

• Before BARRY and ROSENN, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel I. Siegel (Argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Harrisburg, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew E. Haggerty, Christian A. Fisanick, (Argued), Office of United States Attorney, Scranton, Theodore B. Smith, III, Office of United States Attorney, Harrisburg, for Appellee.