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Fifth Circuit: Admission of DHS Investigation Form G-166F at Trial Where Preparer of Form Did Not Testify Violates Confrontation Clause and Rule Against Hearsay
Loaded on April 15, 2024
by Douglas Ankney
published in Criminal Legal News
April, 2024, page 26
Filed under:
Testimonial Statements,
Crime Lab Reports,
Immigration Law/Offenses,
Post Crawford,
Business Records.
Location:
Texas.
by Douglas Ankney
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the admission of Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Investigation Form G-166F (“G-166F”) at Nicole Elizabeth Foreman’s trial where the preparer of the G-166F did not testify violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the ...
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