{"id":1768,"date":"2017-02-22T01:39:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T01:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2019-11-11T15:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T20:48:40","slug":"hearsay-supervised-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/supervised-release\/hearsay-supervised-release","title":{"rendered":"Hearsay Statements Not Automatically Admissible In Supervised Release Revocation Proceedings"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\tTremale Henry\u2019 supervised release<\/a> was revoked in part based on hearsay statements related to an alleged assault. Hearsay is an out of court statement that is offered for the truth of the matter asserted.Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.1(b)(2)(C) gives defendants in revocation proceedings the right to \u201cquestion any adverse witness, unless the judge determines that the interest of justice does not require the witness to appear.\u201d This rule affords defendants a \u201cqualified confrontation interest,\u201d the Tenth Circuit held. Thus, when the Government seeks to rely hearsay statements at a revocation hearing and where the witness is not present, the court must conduct a balancing test \u201caimed at weighing the defendant’s interests in confronting a witness against the government’s interests in foregoing the witness’s appearance.\u201d United States v. Jones<\/em>, 818 F.3d 1091, 1097\u201398 (10th Cir. 2016).\r\n

The lower court in Henry\u2019s case failed to conduct this balancing test. Accordingly, the Tenth Circuit vacated and remanded the matter to district court for further proceedings. See: United States v. Henry<\/a>, No. 15-6181\u00a0(10th Cir. 2017). Hearsay Statements | Alleged Assult |\u00a0Supervised Release<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tremale Henry\u2019 supervised release was revoked in part based on hearsay statements related to an alleged assault. Hearsay is an out of court statement that is offered for the truth of the matter asserted.Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.1(b)(2)(C) gives defendants in revocation proceedings the right to \u201cquestion any adverse witness, unless the judge determines that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHearsay Statements | Alleged Assult |\u00a0Supervised Release\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hearsay statements are not automatically admissible in federal supervised release revocation proceedings, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/supervised-release\/hearsay-supervised-release\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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