United States Sixth Circuit

Defendants' convictions for armed bank robbery are reversed where the admission of an out-of-court identification through a police officer's testimony was a violation of the Confrontation Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2005
• Published 05/03/2005

Judges

• Before:  KEITH and CLAY, Circuit Judges;  OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  William K. Fulmer II, Florence, Kentucky, Pierre H. Bergeron, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Wende C. Cross, Cross, Smith & Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  William K. Fulmer II, Florence, Kentucky, Pierre H. Bergeron, Scott A. Kane, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Walter M. Pugh, Jr., Atwater, California, pro se.