United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction of being a removed alien found in the US and making a false claim of US citizenship is affirmed where, even though the district court's admission of an affidavit violated the Confrontation Clause because it constituted a testimonial statement and the government failed to call the agents to testify, the error did not affect the outcome of the trial and thus did not affect the defendant's substantial rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/15/2015
• Published 06/15/2015

Judges

• Benavides

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel