United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction for importing marijuana is vacated where the government's use of a hearsay statement, which the government used as proof that defendant owned the car used in the crime and therefore know about the hidden drugs, violated the defendants rights under the Confrontation Clause and was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2015
• Published 06/29/2015

Judges

• Nguyen

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel