United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's convictions for illegal reentry, making a false statement in a passport application, and making a false statement in an application for supplemental security income benefits, are vacated and remanded because the introduction of a document appearing to be a transcription of defendant's birth certificate from the Philippines violated his rights under the Confrontation Clause under the Sixth Amendment, and this error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/07/2012
• Published 08/07/2012

Judges

• Fletcher

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel