United States v. Janice Rene Coney

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Janice Coney was indicted on one count of cashing a social security disability cheek with a forged endorsement. See 18 U.S.C. § 510(a)(2). After a three-day trial in mid-1994, a jury convicted her of that charge. She appeals her conviction, arguing that the trial court improperly refused to admit as evidence a report by a defense investigator of statements made by a friend of Ms. Coney during the investigator’s interview with that friend. The friend herself was unavailable at the time of trial, having been hospitalized for pancreatitis. We affirm the…