United States Ninth Circuit

A law enforcement memorandum of an interview fell within the criminal case exclusion to the hearsay exception for public records, and was not an admission made by defendant or adopted by him; admission of the memorandum violated defendant's right of confrontation, and such error was not harmless.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2001
• Decided 06/26/2002
• Published 06/26/2002

Judges

• KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge., Before: BRUNETTI, KLEINFELD, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jon M. Sands, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joan G. Ruffennach, Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellee.