Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Charles Urqhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 22, 2006No. 06-1242PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Peter Charles Urqhart appeals his conviction for illegal reentry into the United States after prior deportation. Urqhart claims that admission at trial of a Certificate of Nonexistence of Record (CNR) violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation in light of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), a question of first impression in this circuit. He also claims that the district court 1 erred in denying his motion for mistrial. Because a CNR from a defendant’s “alien-file” (“A-file”) constitutes nontestimonial evidence, and because…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States v. Roberto Cervantes-FloresCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Wilbur HaleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Charles Edwin Davidson, United States of America v. Earnes Lee Smith, United States of America v. Dwayne Harold SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Rueda-RiveraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by34 opinions
- United States v. Ronald Gene Kenyon, Also Known as Ronald G. BingenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
- United States v. Jovica PetrovicCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
- United States v. EarleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- United States v. HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
- United States v. Martinez-RiosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
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