Legal Opinion

United States v. Theresa Fisher

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 14, 2016No. 15-50306Unpublished

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…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. Jose Luis Gonzalez-FloresCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
  2. United States v. Gerald GreenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
  3. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. United States v. Roxanne EyraudCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015

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