United States v. Theresa Fisher
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
Defendant-appellant Theresa Fisher contends that the district court committed several errors that individually and cumulatively created sufficient prejudice to warrant a new trial. We disagree and therefore affirm her conviction.
1. We agree with Fisher that the district court should not have admitted the portion of Lindsay Hardgraves’ confession that inculpated Fisher. Because Hard-graves did not testify at trial, admission of that portion of her confession violated Fisher’s Confrontation Clause rights. See *494Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 126, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476…
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