United States v. Barraza

ORDER REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF CRAWFORD v. WASHINGTON

RHOADES, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Defendant Ricardo Barraza is charged with violating the conditions of his unsupervised release. This order addresses the limited issue of whether, pursuant to Crawford v. Washington, — U.S. —, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), it is a violation of defendant Barraza’s right to confrontation for the court to consider the hearsay testimony of Blanca Barraza, defendant Barraza’s wife, in determining whether defendant Barraza has violated the conditions of his release. For the reasons set forth…