Legal Opinion
United States v. West
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1978No. Nos. 76-1837 through 76-1843PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
Calvin W. West, Floyd Lee Davis and Joseph Lee Dempsey appeal their convictions for distributing heroin and possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it. The most significant question presented is whether the admission of the grand jury testimony of Michael Victor Brown, who was slain prior to trial, was permissible under Rule 804(b)(5) of the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. We hold that it was.
The convictions challenged here are the product of an extensive Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) investigation in which Brown…
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3Cited by83 opinions
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