United States Third Circuit

Sentence for various violations of the terms of defendant's supervised release is vacated where defendant's aggravated domestic battery violation was supported solely by unreliable hearsay and the government made no attempt to show cause for the declarants' absence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/21/2009
• Decided 05/27/2009
• Published 05/27/2009

Judges

• Before:  BARRY, HARDIMAN and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jesse A. Gessin [Argued], Office of Federal Public Defender, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas USVI, Attorney for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jason T. Cohen [Argued], Office of United States Attorney, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas USVI, Attorney for Appellee.