United States v. Hines

Opinion of the Court

COX, Judge:

This appeal involves the interrelationship between the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the evidentiary rules regarding the admissibility of hearsay statements. Here we hold that certain out-of-court statements were properly admitted in evidence, but others were not. The facts and the case history of the instant appeal may be succinctly stated.

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Appellant had two stepdaughters, “A” and “B,” ages 14 and 18 respectively.1 A general court-martial with members convicted appellant of numerous sex offenses against…