United States Sixth Circuit

Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), which held that testimonial, out-of-court statements could only be admitted against an accused if the declarant was unavailable and the accused had been given a prior opportunity to cross-examine the declarant, does not apply to revocation of supervised release hearings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/15/2005
• Published 08/15/2005

Judges

• Before:  DAUGHTREY and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges;  SARGUS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Nikki C. Pierce, Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Greeneville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Michael E. Winck, Assistant United States Attorney, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  Nikki C. Pierce, Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Greeneville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Gregg L. Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.