United States Sixth Circuit

Improper admission of a non-testifying accomplice's statements was not harmless error, and was instead a violation of the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, where the taped statements carried no indicia of reliability.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2002
• Decided 04/22/2002
• Published 04/22/2002

Judges

• Before BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge;  BOGGS and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David H. Bodiker,Theresa G. Haire (argued and broefed), Public Defender's Office, Ohio Public Defender Commission, Columbus, OH, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark Joseph Zemba (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General of Ohio Corrections Litigation Section, Cleveland, OH, Karen E. Carter, Office of the Attorney General, Cincinnati, OH, for Respondent-Appellee.