United States Sixth Circuit

Statement by a co-conspirator about a conversation he overheard between an indicted co-conspirator and an unindicted co-conspirator is admissible under Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(2)(E) when it was more than "idle chatter" and made in furtherance of the conspiracy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2001
• Published 05/18/2001

Judges

• Before: BATCHELDER and COLE, Circuit Judges;  GRAHAM, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terry M. Cushing (briefed), Alexander T. Taft, Jr. (argued and briefed), Asst. U.S. Attorneys, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Yesowitch (argued and briefed), Barber, Banaszynski & Associates, Louisville, KY, Michael M. Losavio (argued and briefed), Louisville, KY, for Defendants-Appellants.