United States Ninth Circuit

Admission of an unavailable co-defendant's guilty plea does not violate an accused's rights under the Confrontation Clause when that plea is made under oath with representation by counsel, is accepted under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, includes wholly self-inculpatory remarks, and subjects the declarant to a risk of substantial imprisonment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/04/2002
• Decided 07/08/2002
• Published 07/08/2002

Judges

• Before TROTT, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard D. Rome, Van Nuys, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Michael Lowe, United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.