Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Trzaska
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 1, 1997No. 192, Docket 95-1676PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge.
After a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Korman, J., defendant was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a convicted felon to possess firearms or ammunition.
During the trial, defendant, through a defense witness, introduced an out-of-court statement made by defendant. The district court ruled that the statement was hearsay, and pursuant to Fed.R.Evid. 806, which states that a hearsay declarant can be impeached as if the declarant were a witness, the court allowed the government to…
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- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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