United States Ninth Circuit

Introduction of co-defendants' tape-recorded confessions that also implicated defendant substantially violated defendant's 6th Amendment right to confront witnesses where physical evidence was weak and other eye-witness testimony was potentially biased.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2000
• Published 11/29/2000

Judges

• MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, BEEZER, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Samson (argued), Thomas J. Young, Erin Marie Moore, Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, for the defendant-appellant/cross-appellee., Nancy D. Tenney (argued), Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Spokane, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant.