United States v. Sonja Harrison

FARRIS, Circuit Judge.

Sonja Harrison appeals her conviction for money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B). She argues that the district court erred in admitting a statement she gave to federal agents at the time of her arrest and in instructing the jury regarding the coconspirator exception to the hearsay rule. We have jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse.

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In 1990, Harrison purchased two properties with funds provided by Pierre Clifton Marshall, her companion and the father of her children. She lived in the first, a house in Canoga Park, California, and managed the…