Legal Opinion
United States v. Antonio Franco
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 1989No. 88-2006PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The principal issue involves the business records exception to the hearsay rule, Rule 803(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Is a drug enforcement agent qualified to authenticate business records under Rule 803(6) if he does not have an accounting background and bases his testimony primarily on statements made by witnesses unavailable at trial? The defendant Antonio Franco argues that under those circumstances an agent is not qualified and appeals the district court’s decision to admit records based on such testimony. We affirm the district court’s…
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