United States v. Hill

OPINION OF THE COURT

MILLER, Judge:

An initial issue in this case is the admissibility of hearsay statements made by a mother to her injured son’s attending physician. A similar issue involves the admissibility of an extract of appellant’s medical records reflecting various conversations between a social worker, the appellant, his injured son, and the appellant’s wife.

*884The appellant was tried in absentia and convicted of assaulting his four-year old son Rondell by striking him in the face and dropping him to the floor, thereby intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm.1 He was sentenced to a…